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Zephyranthes candida
Also called White Rain Lily, Fairy Lily, Flower Of The Western Wind, Zephyr Lily, Autumn Zephyr Lily, Peruvian Swamp Lily, Autumn Zephyr Lily
In Singapore: Fairy Lily, Westwind-Flower, 葱莲 (Grown in Singapore)
A small bulb with grass-like glossy leaves that sends up single white flowers after rain, often in late summer or autumn. It is best grown in sun or part shade in moist, well-drained soil.
Zephyranthes candida, with common names that include autumn zephyrlily, white windflower, white rain lily, and Peruvian swamp lily, is a species of rain lily native to South America including Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Brazil. The species is widely cultivated as an ornamental and reportedly naturalized in many places (South Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Zimbabwe, Seychelles, central and southern China, Korea, Nansei-shoto (Ryukyu Islands), Bhutan, Solomon Islands, Queensland, Nauru, Tonga, Society Islands, Mariana Islands, southeastern United States (from Texas to North Carolina), the Lesser Antilles, and Peru).
Rainlily · Zephyranthes robusta · Zephyranthes subg. Habranthus · Atamasco Lily · Pink Rain Lily · Citron zephyrlily · Island Zephyr Lily · Zephyranthes martinezii · Flower Of The West Wind · Cuban zephyrlily · Zephyranthes tubispatha · Zephyrlily
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Zephyranthes candida 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.
