[5] Zephyranthes carinata has large bright pink flowers, around 10 cm (4 in), and green strap-like leaves.

Like other rain lilies, their common name refers to their habit of blooming soon after a heavy rainfall.

They are widely grown in gardens as annuals and as container plants, although they will overwinter in warm climates.

Each is 15 to 30 cm (6 to 12 in) long and 6 to 8 mm (0.24 to 0.31 in) wide, reddish at the bases and bright green for the rest of their lengths.

Another name identified as an earlier synonym of Z. carinata is now considered to be a different species - Zephyranthes minuta.

Like other rain lilies, their common name refers to their habit of blooming soon after a heavy rainfall.

[2] It contains lycorine, galanthine, tazettine, haemanthamine, pretazetine, carinatine, tortuosine, trisphaeridine, hamayne and pancratistatin.

[11] Like other species of Zephyranthes, Z. carinata contain toxic alkaloids including pretazettine, carinatine, lycorine, galantamine, and haemanthamine.