Amaryllis belladona

Common names: Belladonna Lily

Genus: Amaryllis

Species: Amaryllis belladonna (alpha)

Class: Hexandria

Order: Monogynia

Authority: Gawler

Modern Genus: Amaryllis

Modern Species: Amaryllis belladona

Modern Family: Liliaceae. Also placed in Amaryllidaceae.

Plant Type: perennial

Color: "Large fragrant flowers whose lower part is greenish white, upper suffused with rose colour or pale carmine and veined."

Season: late summer early autumn

Native Region: Introduced from Portugal. Could be from Brazil, the East Indies, India or Africa.

Artist: S. Edwards, Sansum