Evening-star Rain Lily
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Other Names Drummond's Rain Lilly, Cebolleta
Scientific Name Cooperia drummondii
Family Name Lily ( Liliaceae )
 
6 Petals

Upright perennial to 12 inch from deep bulb.

Flower To 1.75 inch across. 6 petal-like white segments, sometimes pink-tinged on outer surface. Segments united basally into long slender tube separated near tip into 'petals' to 1 inch long. Flowers solitary, terminal on leafless stalk, opening in the evning and lasting 4 days.

Leaves From bulb, elongating after flowering. To 12 in long, smooth, gray-green, very slender and grass like.

Usually appears 1-2 day after a rain.
April - November
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