FIELD ID CHARACTERISTICS:
Flower is not aromatic. May be fatal if eaten.
Synonym(s): Amaryllis atamasca, Atamosco atamasca, Zephyranthes atamasco
Description: Low, perennial herb with narrow leaves, flowering in spring.
Leaves: Cluster of shiny, blade-like, basal leaves, cupped in cross-section, about 30 cm long and 0.5 cm wide.
Flowers/Fruit: Hollow, leafless flowering stalk about 30 cm tall, with single, large, white, 6-petaled lily flower, turning light pink with age. Fruit is swollen capsule, housing shiny black seeds, and splitting at maturity. Flowers March/April; fruits May/June.
Habit and Range: Shady bottomland forests, depressions, wet meadows, damp roadsides in the eastern Piedmont and northwestern Coastal Plain.
