Atamasco or Rain Lily

Zephyranthes atamasco
Amaryllis Family

Quoting Richard Smith, "This is essentially a lowland species, but a town in the mountains of Western North Carolina was given the Native American name for the flower, Cullowhee,  because of it's abundance there." A spring bloomer. --photo by A. F.

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