Weldenia candida

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| genus = Weldenia

| species = candida

| authority = Schult.f.

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• Rugendasia majalis Ehrenb. ex Hook.f. (1895), pro syn.
• Rugendasia majalis Schiede (1841)
• Weldenia schultesii Schltdl. (1841)

| synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Weldenia candida Schult.f. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:173591-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=24 March 2025}}

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Weldenia candida is a species of flowering plant which grows natively in Mexico and Guatemala.{{cite web |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?accepted_id=272262&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=272262&status=true |title= Weldenia|accessdate=25 August 2009 |work= Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families}}Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F.Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1952. Commelinaceae. 24(3): 1–42. In P. C. Standley & J. A. Steyermark (eds.) Flora de Guatemala, Part III, Fieldiana, Botany. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

This herbaceous perennial has broad green, strap-shaped leaves growing in a rosette. The central, three-petalled, bright white flowers are borne over a long period in late spring and summer. Hardy down to {{convert|-5|C|F|abbr=on}}, in temperate zones it prefers mild sheltered locations in full sun, with neutral or acid well-drained soil.{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/19106/Weldenia-candida/Details | title = Weldenia candida | publisher = RHS | access-date = 28 June 2021}} It requires dry conditions over winter, so is best grown in an alpine house or similar, where protection can be provided.

The Latin specific epithet candida means "shining white".{{cite book | last=Harrison |first=Lorraine | title=RHS Latin for Gardeners | year=2012 |publisher=Mitchell Beazley | location=United Kingdom | isbn=978-1845337315 }}