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Atamasco Lily (Zephyranthes atamasca): Wild Easter Lily of the Southeast

Overview

Zephyranthes atamasca, known as rain lily, atamasco lily, or wild Easter lily, produces white, crocus-like flowers after spring rains. Native to the southeastern US, it naturalizes in moist woods.

Taxonomy

Family:	Amaryllidaceae (am-uh-ril-id-AY-see-ee)
Genus:	Zephyranthes (ze-fi-RANTH-eez)
Species:	atamasca (at-uh-MAS-kuh)
Synonyms:	Zephyranthes atamasco, Amaryllis atamasca

Growing

Plant bulbs in moist, humus-rich soil in part shade. Blooms after rain events in spring.

Bulbs: Easter Lily (Lilium longiflorum): Classic White Trumpets of Spring; Giant Rain Lily (Zephyranthes drummondii): Prairie Lily After Rain; Rain Lily (Zephyranthes candida): White Fairy Lilies After Rain; Rain Lily 'Prairie Sunset' (Zephyranthes 'Prairie Sunset'): Copper-Apricot Blooms; Pink Rain Lily (Zephyranthes grandiflora): After-Rain Blooms; Yellow Rain Lily (Zephyranthes citrina): Bright Lemon Blooms; Argentine Rain Lily (Habranthus robustus): Large Pink Rain Blooms; Rain Lily 'Grandjax' (Zephyranthes); Pink Rain Lily (Zephyranthes rosea): Tiny Pink Crocus Blooms; Queen's Rain Lily 'Valles Yellow' (Zephyranthes reginae): Yellow Rain Lilies

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Giant Lily (Cardiocrinum giganteum): Towering Fragrant Trumpets

Copper Lily (Habranthus tubispathus): Orange-Red Rain Blooms

Crinum Lily (Crinum angustifolium): Narrow-Leaved Crinum

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