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Genus: Zephyranthes (zephyr lilies)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Monocotyledons >  Order: Asparagales >  Family: Amaryllidaceae

Bulb is toxic.

Species indigenous in southern Africa

Zephyranthes grandiflora (Storm Lily, Flower of the West Wind)

Stormlelie [Afrikaans]

Zephyranthes grandiflora originates from Central America and is a garden escape that has become established in coastal areas of KwaZulu-Natal.

See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by Elsa Pooley p. 348. 

 

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