Atamasco Lily

(Zephyranthes atamasco)

 

Color Photograph: © by and courtesy of A. Murray, Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants (CAIP)
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
University of Florida

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

 

Atamasco Lily (Zephyranthes atamasco)

Identification: A lilylike plant. Flowers white, sometimes with a pinkish tinge. Flower on an elongate flower stalk separate from the leaves. Flower with 6 petals and an elongate pistil, trifid at the apex. Base of flower surrounded with elongate green bracts. Leaves elongate, grasslike, thickened, and slightly concave. Plant arising from a bulb. Plant 6 to 15 inches in height.

Distribution: Southern Pennsylvania and Virginia in the north, southward to Florida and Alabama in the south.

Habitat: Atamasco Lily is a species of wet habitats, including swamps and marshes.

Flowering period: March to June.

 

Atamasco Lily (Zephyranthes atamasco)

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The upright, white flower with 6 petals and the trifid apex of the pistil are distinctive.

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