3144

Forb
Perennial

Native to Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA - -

Uncommon

Look for it in wet savannas, per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring
White
Bisexual
6 tepals, perianth campanulate or funnelform
6 stamens with pale orange anthers
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Lustrous black
Capsule

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p110

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Zephyranthes treatiae   FAMILY Amaryllidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zephyranthes atamasca var. treatiae   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Atamosco treatiae