Zephyranthes atamasco(L.) Herb.

WFO wfo-0000752475 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Zephyranthes atamasco, photographed by Ashwin Srinivasan
fig. a Ashwin Srinivasan, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-01 / obs. 193252106
Zephyranthes atamasco, photographed by Ryan Watson
fig. b Ryan Watson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186943806
Zephyranthes atamasco, photographed by Leila Dasher
fig. c Leila Dasher, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 185933551
Zephyranthes atamasco, photographed by Anthony A Simmons
fig. d Anthony A Simmons, CC0 1.0 / obs. 185282754
Zephyranthes atamasco, photographed by Ryan Watson
fig. e Ryan Watson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184698115
Zephyranthes atamasco, photographed by Daniel McClosky
fig. f Daniel McClosky, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184429453
Zephyranthes atamasco, photographed by Marina
fig. g Marina, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184395520
Zephyranthes atamasco, photographed by Timothy Gerla
fig. h Timothy Gerla, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 123401713

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Native range 8 botanical countries

Regions where Zephyranthes atamasco is native: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia AlabamaFloridaGeorgiaMarylandMississippiNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaVirginia
Native distribution of Zephyranthes atamasco, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Florida FLA
Georgia GEO
Maryland MRY
Mississippi MSI
North Carolina NCA
South Carolina SCA
Virginia VRG

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 8 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Amaryllis aramasco L.
  • Amaryllis atamasco L.
  • Amaryllis atanasia Crantz
  • Amaryllis pulchella Salisb.
  • Amaryllis verecunda Salisb.
  • Amaryllis virginiensis Oken
  • Atamasco atamasco (L.) Greene
  • Zephyranthes atamasco var. minor Herb.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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