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Zephyranthes atamasco
Also called Rain Lily
Atamasco lily is a bulbous perennial from the southeastern United States that sends up grassy leaves in early winter and white, trumpet-shaped flowers in spring. It grows best in moist, acidic, leafy soil in partial shade.
Zephyranthes atamasca, commonly known as the atamasco lily, occasionally as the Easter lily or more generally a rain-lily, is native to the Southern United States. It grows in swampy forests and coastal prairies, preferring acid boggy soils rich with leaf mold. Following the appearance of broad, grassy leaves in early winter, it blooms in March or April. It has several narrow, linear basal leaves about 0.5 in (13 mm) wide and 10–15 in (25–38 cm) long.
Its native range extends from Florida north to Maryland and west to Mississippi. The species is also naturalized in Bermuda and in the Mariana Islands. Both its leaves and bulbs are poisonous.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Zephyranthes atamasca by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
