Which spring-blooming bulb flower is commonly associated with Easter?

The spring-blooming bulb flower commonly associated with Easter is the Easter lily.

The Easter lily is Lilium longiflorum, a true lily native to Taiwan and Japan’s Ryukyu Islands. It produces large, white, trumpet-shaped, fragrant flowers. Its white color and trumpet form helped make it a symbol of purity and resurrection in Christian Easter observances.

The plant’s natural flowering season is not always synchronized with Easter, so commercial growers carefully manipulate growing conditions to force bulbs into bloom at the right time. In North America, most Easter lily bulbs are produced along the Pacific coast, especially in parts of California and Oregon.

A common mix-up is confusing the Easter lily with spring bulbs such as tulips, daffodils, or hyacinths. Those flowers may bloom in spring, but “Easter lily” is the conventional name tied specifically to the holiday. Lilies are also dangerous to cats, whose ingestion of any part of the plant can cause severe kidney damage.