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cebolleta, copper zephyr-lily

cebolleta, giant rain lily, prairie lily

Leaf

blade dull green, to 1(–2) mm wide.

blade glaucous-green, to 8 mm wide.

Flowers

erect to slightly inclined;

perianth yellow, funnelform, 2.1–2.8 cm;

perianth tube green, 0.2–0.6 cm, increasing in diam., no more than 1/4 perianth length, ca. 1/2 (1/4–3/4) filament length, no more than 1/4 spathe length;

tepals rarely reflexed;

stamens diverging, in 2 distinctly unequal sets;

filaments filiform, 0.7–1.1 cm;

anthers in 2 nonoverlapping sets, 3–6 mm;

style longer than perianth tube;

stigma 3-fid, usually among anthers;

pedicel 0.7–1.5 cm, shorter than spathe.

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.

Spathe

2.1–3.1 cm.

(3–)4–5 cm.

2n

= 48.

= 48, 72.

Zephyranthes longifolia

Zephyranthes drummondii

Phenology Flowering late spring–summer (May–Aug). Flowering mid spring–mid summer (Mar–Aug).
Habitat Sandy, gravelly, calcareous, alkaline soils in highlands Sandy/rocky, usually calcareous soils
Elevation 40–2400 m (100–7900 ft) 0–900 m (0–3000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico
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from FNA
FL; LA; TX; ne Mexico
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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.)

Source FNA vol. 26, p. 300. FNA vol. 26, p. 299.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Zephyranthes Liliaceae > Zephyranthes
Sibling taxa
Z. atamasca, Z. candida, Z. chlorosolen, Z. citrina, Z. drummondii, Z. grandiflora, Z. insularum, Z. jonesii, Z. pulchella, Z. refugiensis, Z. rosea, Z. simpsonii, Z. smallii, Z. traubii, Z. treatiae
Z. atamasca, Z. candida, Z. chlorosolen, Z. citrina, Z. grandiflora, Z. insularum, Z. jonesii, Z. longifolia, Z. pulchella, Z. refugiensis, Z. rosea, Z. simpsonii, Z. smallii, Z. traubii, Z. treatiae
Synonyms Cooperia pedunculata
Name authority Hemsley: Diagn. Pl. Nov. Mexic., 55. (1880) D. Don: in R. Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard., ser. 2, 4: plate 328. (1836)
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