General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Flowers: Showy
Other: Blooms are stimulated and flower best when triggered by rainfall
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Groundcover
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Days to germinate: 2 to 4 weeks
Depth to plant seed: 1/8 inch
Can handle transplanting
Other info: Collect shiny black seeds from capsules when yellow and beginning to split. Viability decreases rapidly after harvest; sow fresh seeds on moist potting soil and add enough media on top to cover. Press gently. Place in indirect light and keep moist.
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Bulbs
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Rain lily
  • Atamasco Lily
  • Wild Easter Lily

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photo by: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 04/03/2016
photo by Suzanne Cadwell via Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photo
Location: Hillsborough River State Park - Hillsborough County, Florida
Date: 28-MAR-2005
Photo courtesy of Brian Ahern

Date: c. 1805
illustration by P.J. Redouté from his 'Les Liliacées', vol. 1,

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