Zephyranthes drummondii |
Zephyranthes atamasca |
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cebolleta, giant rain lily, prairie lily |
Atamasco-lily, Carolina-lily, Easter-lily, naked-lady, occidental swamp-lily, Virginia-lily |
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Leaf | blade glaucous-green, to 8 mm wide. |
blade shiny green, to 8 mm wide. |
Flowers | erect; perianth white, sometimes flushed pink abaxially, more so with age, broadly funnelform, 6–9 cm; perianth tube white to green, 3–4(–4.7) cm, diam. primarily uniform, ca. 1/2 perianth length, more than 15 times filament length, equaling (3/4–11/4) spathe length; tepals rarely reflexed; stamens fasciculate, distinctly subequal; filaments subulate, 0.1–0.2 cm, apex acute; anthers 5–8 mm; style notably shorter than perianth tube; stigma 3-fid, included in perianth tube; pedicel (0.2–)0.5–2(–3.3) cm, shorter than spathe. |
erect to slightly inclined; perianth mostly white, sometimes tinged or veined pink, more so with age, funnelform, (5.5–)6.6–9(–10) cm; perianth tube green, (0.8–)1–2(–2.1) cm, increasing in diam., less than 1/4 perianth length, ca. 1/2 (1/3–2/3) filament length, ca. 1/2 (1/3–3/4) spathe length; tepals usually reflexed; stamens diverging, appearing equal; filaments filiform, (2.9–)3.2–4.4(–4.7) cm; anthers 3–6(–8) mm; style longer than perianth tube; stigma 3-fid, exserted more than 2 mm beyond anthers; pedicel (0–)0.4–1.6(–3.4) cm, usually shorter than spathe. |
Spathe | (3–)4–5 cm. |
(2–)2.2–3.2(–3.6) cm. |
2n | = 48, 72. |
= 24. |
Zephyranthes drummondii |
Zephyranthes atamasca |
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Phenology | Flowering mid spring–mid summer (Mar–Aug). | Flowering mid winter–spring (Jan–May). |
Habitat | Sandy/rocky, usually calcareous soils | Rich, mixed forests, moist clearings, meadows, moist to wet pastures, coastal plains, piedmonts |
Elevation | 0–900 m (0–3000 ft) | 0–700 m (0–2300 ft) |
Distribution |
FL; LA; TX; ne Mexico
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AL; FL; GA; MD; MS; NC; SC; VA
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Discussion | Specimens of Zephyranthes drummondii with rare biflowered inflorescences were collected by B. C. Tharp in 1939 and 1946 in Austin, Texas. The species has naturalized in Florida. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 299. | FNA vol. 26, p. 298. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Zephyranthes | Liliaceae > Zephyranthes |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Cooperia pedunculata | Amaryllis atamasca, Atamosco atamasca |
Name authority | D. Don: in R. Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard., ser. 2, 4: plate 328. (1836) | (Linnaeus) Herbert: Appendix, 36. (1821) |
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