| Urceolina candida | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
| Genus: | Urceolina |
| Species: | U. candida |
| Binomial name | |
| Urceolina candida | |
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Urceolina candida is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae . [1] [2] It is native to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru but cultivated as an ornamental in many other regions. [3]
This plant is a bulb-forming her with broadly lanceolate to elliptical leaves, pleated lengthwise. Flowers are drooping, borne in umbels. Tepals are white, egg-shaped, and curl backwards to reveal the yellow anthers. [4]