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Your search found 30 taxa in the family Amaryllidaceae, Amaryllis family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Common Name: Jonquil, Apodanthus Daffodil
Weakley's Flora: (4/13/22) Narcissus jonquilla FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Narcissus jonquilla FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Narcissus jonquilla 044-01-001 FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
Habitat: Cultivated as an ornamental, persistent and naturalized in lawns, roadsides, woodland borders, and disturbed areas
Uncommon in SC Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere
Non-native: Europe
Common Name: Star Daffodil, Star Jonquil
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Narcissus ×intermedius FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Narcissus ×intermedius [jonquilla × tazetta] FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Cultivated as an ornamental, persistent and naturalized in lawns, roadsides, woodland borders, and disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Poet's Narcissus, Pheasant's-eye Daffodil
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Narcissus poeticus FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Narcissus poeticus FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Narcissus poeticus 044-01-002 FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
Habitat: Cultivated as an ornamental, persistent and naturalized in lawns, roadsides, woodland borders, and disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Two-flower Narcissus, Twin-sisters, Primrose-peerless
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Narcissus ×medioluteus FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Narcissus ×medioluteus [poeticus × tazetta] FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Narcissus tazetta × poeticus 044-01-003 FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
Habitat: Cultivated as an ornamental, persistent and naturalized in lawns, roadsides, woodland borders, and disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: Europe
Common Name: Paperwhite Daffodil, Paperwhite Narcissus
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Narcissus papyraceus FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Narcissus papyraceus FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Cultivated as an ornamental, persistent and naturalized in lawns, roadsides, and disturbed areas
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe
Common Name: Bunch-flowered Daffodil, Cream Narcissus
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Narcissus tazetta FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Narcissus tazetta FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Cultivated as an ornamental, persistent and naturalized in lawns, roadsides, and disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe
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Common Name:
Nonesuch Daffodil
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Narcissus ×incomparabilis FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Narcissus ×incomparabilis [poeticus × pseudonarcissus] FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Narcissus incomparabilis 044-01-004 FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
Habitat: Cultivated as an ornamental, persistent and naturalized in lawns, roadsides, woodland borders, and disturbed areas
Uncommon (rare in NC Mountains & SC Piedmont)
Non-native: Europe
Common Name: Campernelle Jonquil, Sweet-scented Jonquil
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Narcissus ×odorus FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Narcissus ×odorus [jonquilla × pseudonarcissus] FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Cultivated as an ornamental, persistent and naturalized in lawns, roadsides, and disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Common Daffodil, Trumpet Narcissus
Weakley's Flora: (4/13/22) Narcissus pseudonarcissus FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Narcissus pseudonarcissus FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Narcissus pseudo-narcissus 044-01-005 FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
Habitat: Cultivated as an ornamental, persistent and naturalized in lawns, roadsides, woodland borders, and disturbed areas
Uncommon
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Summer Snowflake
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Leucojum aestivum FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Leucojum aestivum ssp. aestivum FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Leucojum aestivum 044-02-001 FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
Habitat: Naturalizing aggressively in alluvial areas, also long persistent after cultivation in upland situations
Uncommon in NC Piedmont & SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Carolina Spiderlily, Florida Spiderlily
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hymenocallis crassifolia FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hymenocallis crassifolia FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hymenocallis crassifolia 044-03-001 FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
Habitat: Tidal marshes, margins of tidal guts, banks of blackwater rivers
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC, rare in Piedmont
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Pygmy Spiderlily, Waccamaw Spiderlily, dwarf spiderlily
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Hymenocallis pygmaea FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hymenocallis pygmaea FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Banks of blackwater rivers
Rare
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Rocky-shoals Spiderlily, Catawba Spiderlily, Carolina Spiderlily, Cahaba Lily
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hymenocallis coronaria FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Hymenocallis coronaria FAMILY: Liliaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hymenocallis occidentalis 044-03-002 FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
Habitat: Rocky river shoals, usually with Justicia americana and Podostemum ceratophyllum
Rare
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Hammock Spiderlily, Woodland Spiderlily, Northern Spiderlily
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hymenocallis occidentalis var. occidentalis FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hymenocallis occidentalis var. occidentalis FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Mesic soils of slopes and floodplain forests, gabbro glades and other calcareous upland flats
Uncommon in GA & SC Piedmont, rare elsewhere in SC (historically in NC but not recently seen)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name:
Western Marsh Spiderlily, Louisiana Marsh Spiderlily
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hymenocallis liriosme FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Hymenocallis liriosme FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Swamps, bottomlands, ditches
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name:
Spring-run Spiderlily
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hymenocallis rotata FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hymenocallis rotata FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Spring-runs
Native: south of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Common Atamasco-lily, Rain-lily, Easter Lily, Naked Lily
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Zephyranthes atamasco FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Zephyranthes atamasca FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Zephyranthes atamasco 044-04-001 FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
Habitat: Bottomland forests and adjacent road shoulders, wet meadows, sometimes in upland forests over mafic rocks
Common (rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Rain-lily, Treat's Zephyr-lily
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Zephyranthes treatiae FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Zephyranthes treatiae FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Wet savannas
Uncommon
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Florida Atamasco-lily, Red-margined Atamasco-lily, Rain-lily
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Zephyranthes simpsonii FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Zephyranthes simpsonii FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Zephyranthes simpsonii 044-04-002 FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
Habitat: Dry to dry-mesic sandy soils (usually with admixture of shell hash) of coastal fringe sandhills or mainland maritime forests, usually associated with Quercus hemisphaerica, on barrier islands or within about 10 km of the ocean (NC, SC), pine flatwoods (FL, GA)
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Fall Rain-lily, Autumn Zephyrlily
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Zephyranthes candida FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Zephyranthes candida FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Zephyranthes candida 044-04-003 FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
Habitat: Cultivated, persistent or spreading from cultivation
Rare
Non-native: South America
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Common Name:
Southern Swamp-lily, String Lily, Seven-sisters
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Crinum americanum var. americanum FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Crinum americanum FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Swamp forests, freshwater marshes
Rare (historically in NC Coastal Plain, but not recently seen)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Red Spider Lily, Hurricane Lily, Surprise Lily, Naked Ladies
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Lycoris radiata var. radiata FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Lycoris radiata FAMILY: Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lycoris radiata 044-06-001 FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
Habitat: Cultivated and persistent (or slowly spreading locally)
Rare
Non-native: China
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Common Name:
Yellow Stargrass, Hairy Yellow Stargrass, Common Stargrass, Upland Stargrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypoxis hirsuta FAMILY: Hypoxidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Hypoxis hirsuta FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypoxis hirsuta var. hirsuta 044-07-001a FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
Habitat: In a wide variety of dry to moist forests
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Swamp Stargrass, Curtiss’s Stargrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Hypoxis curtissii FAMILY: Hypoxidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypoxis curtissii FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypoxis hirsuta var. leptocarpa 044-07-001b FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
Habitat: Swamp forests, alluvial forests, water courses, hydric hammocks
Common in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Bristleseed Stargrass, Pineland Stargrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypoxis wrightii FAMILY: Hypoxidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypoxis wrightii FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypoxis micrantha 044-07-002 FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
Habitat: Wet pine savannas
Common in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Fringed Stargrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypoxis juncea FAMILY: Hypoxidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypoxis juncea FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypoxis juncea 044-07-003 FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
Habitat: Wet pine savannas
Common in GA, uncommon in SC, rare in NC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Savanna Stargrass, Stiff Star-grass
Weakley's Flora: (2/10/25) Hypoxis rigida FAMILY: Hypoxidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypoxis rigida FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypoxis rigida 044-07-004 FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
Habitat: Wet pine savannas
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Glossyseed Stargrass
Weakley's Flora: (2/10/25) Hypoxis sessilis FAMILY: Hypoxidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypoxis sessilis FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypoxis sessilis 044-07-005 FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, drier pinelands, Silveus dropseed prairies (TX), sand prairies (AR)
Rare
Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Eastern Agave, Eastern False-aloe, Rattlesnake-master, American Aloe
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Agave virginica FAMILY: Agavaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Manfreda virginica FAMILY: Agavaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Agave virginica 044-08-001 FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
Habitat: Granite flatrocks, diabase glades, limestone and dolomite barrens and glades, xeric woodlands over mafic or calcareous rocks, sandhill woodlands, dry roadbanks
Uncommon in GA & SC, rare in NC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Snowdrop
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Galanthus nivalis FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Galanthus nivalis FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Persistent after cultivation
Waif(s)
Non-native: southern & central Europe
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