White rain lily
സെഫ്രാൻതസ് കാന്റിഡ
Zephyranthes candida Herb.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 23 cm
- wide
- 17 cm
Amaryllidaceae
Also called White rain-lily, Autumn Zephyr Lily, Autumn zephyrlily
Formerly Amaryllis nivea, Argyropsis candida, Atamosco candida, Hippeastrum zephyranthum, and 2 more
When it flowers
Flowers February to August in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Bulbous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SE. & S. Brazil to NE. ArgentinaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension and RHS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension full, part; RHS full
- Height
- 15 cm to 30 cmRead from NC State Extension and RHS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension 6–12 in; RHS 0.1–0.5 m
- Spread
- 13 cm to 20 cmRead from NC State Extension and RHS, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: NC State Extension 6–12 in; RHS 0.1–0.1 m
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension and RHS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from NC State Extension and RHS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Coldest it survives
- -11.4 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from NC State Extension and RHS, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: NC State Extension -17.8 °C; RHS -5 °C
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
Cape leadwortFlowers September to January, when this does not
ChiaFlowers September to January, when this does not
Cotton RosemallowFlowers September to January, when this does not
Creeping WoodsorrelFlowers September to January, when this does not
Crimson bottlebrushFlowers September to January, when this does not
LantanaFlowers September to January, when this does not
In other languages (12)
- Chinese
- 蔥蓮 (玉簾), 蔥蘭, 赛番红花
- Japanese
- タマスダレ
- Korean
- 흰꽃나도샤프란
- Indonesian
- Kembang Coklat
- Chinese (China)
- 葱兰, 葱莲
- Spanish
- Azucena del río
- French
- Lis zéphyr
- Portuguese
- carapitaia, lírio-do-vento
- Russian
- Зефирантес белоснежный
- Turkish
- Beyaz zıpçıktı
- German
- Reinweiße Zephirblume
- Dutch
- Westenwindlelie
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- RHS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY 2.5
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Zephyranthes candida (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.