Amaryllidaceae
Autumn zephyrlily
Zephyranthes candida
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Zephyranthes
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Common names
By language (12)
- Cantonese
- 風雨蘭
- Chinese
- 葱兰, 葱莲, 蔥蓮, 蔥蘭, 玉帘, 肝风草, 赛番红花, 韭莲
- Divehi
- ނަރުގިސް
- English
- Autumn zephyrlily
- Indonesian
- Kembang cokelat
- Japanese
- タマスダレ, レインリリー, 玉簾
- Malayalam
- സെഫ്രാൻതസ് കാന്റിഡ
- Nepali
- छ्यापी फूल
- Portuguese
- Carapitaia
- Spanish
- Azucenita de rio, Azucenita de río
- Swedish
- Vit sefyrlilja
- Tongan
- Feuʻu
Synonyms
- Amaryllis candida Lindl.
- Amaryllis nivea Schult.f.
- Argyropsis candida (Herb.) M.Roem.
- Atamosco candida (Lindl.) Sasaki
- Plectronema candida (Herb.) Raf.
- Zephyranthes nivea (Schult. & Schult.f.) D.Dietr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. M.arunprasad assumed, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Penarc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wee Hong, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Muhamad Izzul Fiqih, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Muhamad Izzul Fiqih, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kepadalisna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.