The Atamasco Rain Lily naturally occurs in extremely large colonies from Maryland to Florida, but is listed as being endangered in some states even through the Atamasco Lily seed are prolifically produced, and the bulbs are easily multipled vegetatively through division into large clumps of plants. Most native plants in America appear to be much tougher in survived mechanisms than hybirds and imported plants, but somehow the survival mechanisms operating in the Atamasco Lily appears to have a genetic or environmental flaw that threatens its future. The flowers of the Atamasco Rain Lily are considered also to be rain lilies and often are found in swamps and lowlands where water covers the soil during certain parts of the Spring after heavy rains. The flower blooms of the Atamasco Rain Lily contain six pure white petals that are slightly curved backwards. Six stamens rise from the center topped by anthers filled with butter-yellow pollen that produces seedpods shortly after filled with very fertile seeds that quickly germinate into new bulbs that can flower the next year. The mother bulb of the Atamasco Rain Lily produces numerous offset bulbs that quickly grow into clumps to display a dazzling white flower display that lasts for weeks. Even though the Atamasco Rain Lily grows in great profusion in wetlands, the bulbs can easily be transplanted into yards, where they can reliably bloom every year, even in dry shady areas, and the bulbs are adapted to well survive droughts. The Atamasco Rain Lily in many areas of Georgia is called the "Eastern Lily", because it usually flowers around Easter Sunday and is very often most floriferous at Mother's Day. As the pure what petals of the Atamasco Rain Lily age, red streaks develop and the tips turn red until finally after pollination has occurred, the petals close up and turn red preceding the formation of the seed pod.