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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Zephyranthes atamasco
FAMILY
Amaryllidaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Zephyranthes from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zephyranthes atamasca
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Zephyranthes atamasca
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Zephyranthes atamasca
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Zephyranthes atamasca var. atamasca
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 044-04-001:
Zephyranthes atamasco FAMILY Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Atamosco atamasco
COMMON NAME:
Common Atamasco-lily, Rain-lily, Easter Lily, Naked Lily
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_atat_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0203e_20
March Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
Their Indian name "Cullowhee" was given to one of our mountain towns, per Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition.
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JK Marlow jkm180331_191
March Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
Tepals usually reflexed; stamens ~ equal; stigma 3-fid, >2mm beyond anthers, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm180331_203
March Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm180331_204
March Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
Mature leaves concave (vs. those of Z. treatiae are grooved), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm180331_209
March Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
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Keith Bradley kab_z_atamasca_1635
March Aiken County SC
Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve
Perianth mostly white, sometimes tinged or veined pink, funnelform; tube green, per Flora of North America.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_z_atamasca_4
March
Pistil longer than the stamens, with 3 stigmas, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_zephyranthes_atamasca
March
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Tim Spira tps_zatamasca
March
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Ben Geer Keys bgk1687_a
April
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Mark A. Musselman mam_easterlily040709g
April Dorchester County SC
Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest
A single, erect, funnel-shaped flower at the top of a leafless stalk, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_z_atamasca_3
April
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JK Marlow jkm180506_490
May Crawford County GA
The thin-walled capsule splits at maturity, releasing shiny black seeds, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmzephyranthes_dark
Month Unknown
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmzephyranthes_group
Month Unknown
Grass-like basal leaves up to 16" long, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
COMPARE
grass-like leaves of woodland or meadow flowering herbs
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Zephyranthes atamasco
FAMILY
Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zephyranthes atamasca
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Zephyranthes atamasca
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Zephyranthes atamasca
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Zephyranthes atamasca var. atamasca
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 044-04-001:
Zephyranthes atamasco
FAMILY
Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Atamosco atamasco
1687
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Bottomland forests and adjacent road shoulders, wet meadows, sometimes in upland forests over mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring
White
(rarely pink)
6 tepals, perianth campanulate or funnelform
6 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Lustrous black
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p137
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p298
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p505
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p455
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000) p17
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p163
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p170
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p129
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p171
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p041
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p362
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p469
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p018
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p245
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