Scientific Name
Zephyranthes altamasco
Common Name
Altamasco lily
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Height:
6 to 14 inches
Flower/fruit:
3 inch erect, waxy, lily-like white flowers that turn pink with age; borne singly
Flowering Season:
Mid to late spring
Foliage:
Narrow, channeled linear leaves
Site:
Wet meadows, low woods, clearings, swamps
Comments:
Onion-like bulb
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