General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Leaves: Other: Strap-like leaves appear in the spring but disappear long before the plant blooms in late summer/ early fall.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Red
White
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Bulb
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Will Naturalize
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Bulbs
Pollinators: Bees
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Naked Lady
  • Belladonna Lily
  • Queen Lily
  • Mexican Lily
  • Amaryllis
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Amaryllis belladonna
  • Synonym: Brunsvigia rosea

Photo Gallery
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2017-10-08
The world around these lovelies looks drab in their blushing pres
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2017-10-05
Just opened flowers. This clump is pleasingly late this year as t
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2014-09-10
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2014-09-10
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-09-12
Location: Blenheim New Zealand
Date: 2019-02-12
Location: Bea’s garden
Date: 2021
Location: My Garden, Crescent City, California
Date: 4000-09-20
Photo by carolem
Location: National Botanical Garden, DC, Virginia :) | May, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2015-09-17
Zone 9b. A real standout.
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-08-27
Location: Philadelphia
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2018-01-10
Glorious rain spurred the emerging growth, the radicle, that is t
Location: Philadelphia 
Date: 04/03/2023
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-09-12
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date: 2017-02-14
Location: San Francisco Botanical Garden.
Date: August
photo by Stan Shebs
Location: Hortus Camera Lapidea
Date: 2013-10-27
Location: Hortus Camera Lapidea
Date: 2013-10-27
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2018-01-19
First leaf is emerging.
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-07-11
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-08-25
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-09-12
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-09-12
Location: My Garden, Crescent City, California
Date: 4000-09-20
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2015-11-18
Zone 9b.
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2004-02-13

photo by:  .John Jearrard

photo by:  .John Jearrard
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-08-25
Location: San Francisco Botanical Garden.
Date: August
photo by Stan Shebs

Date: c. 1900
illustration by Kohl from Robinson's 'The English Flower Garden',
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2015-09-30
Zone 9b. Very wonderful color saturation.
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-07-11
Location: Osaka Prefectural Flower Garden, Osaka, Japan
Date: September 25, 2010
Photo by KENPEI
Location: Osaka Prefectural Flower Garden, Osaka, Japan
Date: September 25, 2010
Photo by KENPEI
Location: Home garden
Date: first week of aug. 2013
Location: Houston area
Date: 2015-06-22
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-12-05
 The leaves start growing out in the fall and then in summer the
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2014-09-10

Photo by Sid Mosdell
Location: Columbus OH USA
Date: 2016-06-28
Location: Jacksonville, Fl.
Date: 2016-08-01
My neighbors backyard. Popped up out of the blue. She asked if it

Date: 2012-02-18
Photo by Sid Mosdell
Location: Ethiopia, Bale Mountains National Park.

Photo by Alberto Garcia
Location: Royal Botanic Garden of Madrid, Spain
Photo by Digigalos

Date: 2009-02-27
USDA
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-11-14
These are two year old plants from seed and a few of this years c

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2014-09-10
Location: Home garden

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2004-02-13
Location: Home garden
Date: 2013-09-07
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Comments:
  • Posted by sheryl (Hot, hot, hot, Feenix, AZ - Zone 9b) on Dec 9, 2011 8:04 PM concerning plant:
    This is actually the true Amaryllis - the flowers that we see around Christmas are of the Hippeastrum family that have adopted the common name of Amaryllis. The common name is "Naked Lady", which refers to the leafless bloom. Lycoris squamigera is also called "Naked Lady" and has a similar bloom.

    As with many South African natives, this bulb prefers dry summers, sunny to slightly shady exposure, and is fairly xeric. A Mediterranean climate is probably the best approximation.
  • Posted by LoriMT (Dawsonville, GA - Zone 8a) on Jan 7, 2022 6:58 AM concerning plant:
    Lycoris squamigera and Amaryllis belladonna can be easily confused. L. squamigera has a green inflorescence stalk, versus a dark stalk on A. Belladonna.
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Discussion Threads about this plant
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This pic may be Amaryllis belladonna by purpleinopp Aug 2, 2016 1:00 PM 2
Wow! by kousa Oct 9, 2017 8:11 PM 1
Now 5 years old by HamiltonSquare Jan 23, 2018 9:40 PM 2
seed development by franke640 Feb 16, 2021 7:17 PM 1

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