Rio Grande Copper Lily

Zephyranthes tubispatha

Introduced

At a glance

Family: Amaryllidaceae
Genus: Zephyranthes
Status: Introduced to Florida
Sightings: 14 verified in Florida
Formerly: Habranthus texanus, Habranthus tubispathus, Zephyranthes texana, Amaryllis depauperata, Amaryllis tubispatha, Atamosco tubispatha, Habranthus parvulus, Arviela tubispatha, Habranthus variabilis, Hippeastrum andersonii, Hippeastrum texanum, Hippeastrum tubispathum, Zephyranthes andersonii, Zephyranthes commersoniana

About

Zephyranthes tubispatha, synonym Habranthus tubispathus, the Rio Grande copperlily or Barbados snowdrop, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae. It is a perennial bulb native to southern South America (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay). It is widely cultivated as an ornamental and reportedly naturalized in the southeastern United States (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida), much of the West Indies as well as Bermuda, eastern Mexico, India, Easter Island, and central Chile.

Text adapted from the Wikipedia article “Zephyranthes tubispatha”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it grows in Florida

PanhandleNorthCentralSouthKeys

Panhandle: Bay, Escambia, Leon

3 of 67 counties, from research-grade iNaturalist observations. They show where people have photographed it, not every place it grows — absence here isn't proof it's absent.