WorldFloraDB - Zephyranthes rosea

Characteristics

Leaves linear, up to 12 cm. long, about 3 mm. wide; peduncle about 10 cm. long, bearing at its apex a spathe about 17 mm. long; spathe tube cylindric, about 1 cm. long, attenuate on one side into a deeply cleft tip; pedicel slender, up to 3 cm. long; perianth pink, the tube very short, less than 5 mm. long, the lobes obovate or oblanceolate, almost 3 cm. long, 6-8 mm. wide, obtuse apically; fila-ments inserted at the base of the tube, about 14 mm. long; anthers linear, versatile, attached below the middle, about 6 mm. long; style slender, up to 2.5 cm. long, bearing a trifid stigma; stigma lobes linear, about 2 mm. long.

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Leaf blade dull green, to 5 mm wide. Spathe 2–2.8 cm. Flowers erect to slightly inclined; perianth rose pink, spreading, funnelform, 2.7–2.8 cm; perianth tube green, 0.2–0.3 cm, increasing in diam., ca. 1/10 or less of perianth length, ca. 1/5 filament length, ca. 1/8 spathe length; tepals not reflexed, distalmost not erect; stamens diverging, in 2 slightly subequal sets with anthers overlapping ca. 90 percent; filaments filiform, 1–1.7 cm; anthers 3–6 mm; style 1.8–2.7 cm, longer than perianth tube; stigma 3-fid, exserted ca. 1–5 mm beyond anthers; pedicel 1.5–3.2 cm, usually exceeding spathe. 2n = 24.

Perigone 3-3.5 cm long, pink.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

0.1 - 0.5

Mature height (meter)

0.1 - 0.2

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	environmental use material medicinal
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	Antirheumatic agents (bulb), Furunculosis (bulb), Anti-infective agents, local (leaf), Tuberculosis (leaf), Common cold (root), Cough (root), Tuberculosis (root), Cold (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Tuberculosis (unspecified), Abscess (unspecified), Cancer(Breast) (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.

Mode	seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	1
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-