Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-        Plate No. 239

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-COMMON_NAMES-Atamasco Lily
-GENUS-Amaryllis
-SPECIES-Amaryllis atamasco
-CLASS-Hexandria
-ORDER-Monogynia
-AUTHORITY-Linnaeus
-MODERN_GENUS-Zephyranthes
-MODERN_SPECIES-Zephyranthes atamasco
-MODERN_FAMILY- Liliaceae. Also placed in: Amaryllidaceae
-PLANT_TYPE- perennial
-COLOR- "flowers  have a fine Carnation colour on their outside which fades over time 
         to almost white"
-SEASON- Flowers in the spring in the greenhouse
-NATIVE_REGION-Virginia and Carolina
-ZONE-8
-SOURCE-The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME-7
-PUB_DATE-1793
-REISSUED-      __
-EDITOR-William Curtis
-ARTIST-Sansum
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