White Rain Lily
Zephyranthes candida
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Kerala & more
How to identify White Rain Lily
Identify White Rain Lily by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Confirm leaf shape: Grass-like narrow.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Maharashtra and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Amaryllidaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is White Rain Lily.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Zephyranthes candida
- Genus
- Zephyranthes
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Telangana, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Gujarat, Meghalaya, Odisha, Punjab, Tripura
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Grass-like narrowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Basal
Characters marked “recorded” are for White Rain Lily itself; the rest are typical of the Amaryllidaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Umbel
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for White Rain Lily itself; the rest are typical of the Amaryllidaceae family — flowering plants only.
About White Rain Lily
White Rain Lily (Zephyranthes candida) is a species in the Amaryllidaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Kerala and 20 other states.
Amaryllidaceae
Amaryllis Family
White Rain Lily belongs to the Amaryllidaceae family.
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