Amaryllis belladonna

Amaryllis belladonna.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Te Kopi, Cape Palliser.<br>Photographer: John Sawyer, Date taken: 01/03/2008, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Te Kopi, Cape Palliser.<br>Photographer: John Sawyer, Date taken: 01/03/2008, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Te Kopi, Cape Palliser.<br>Photographer: John Sawyer, Date taken: 01/03/2008, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Te Kopi, Cape Palliser.<br>Photographer: John Sawyer, Date taken: 01/03/2008, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Fruiting in garden, South Spit, Kaipara Harbour.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 13/05/2016, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Fruiting in garden, South Spit, Kaipara Harbour.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 13/05/2016, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Ripe fruit; wild plant in dunes, Castlecliff, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 01/04/2018, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Flowering in dune hollow; Castlecliff Beach, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 01/04/2018, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Flowering and fruiting in dune hollow; Castlecliff Beach, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 01/04/2018, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common name

belladonna lily, naked ladies

Family

Amaryllidaceae

Authority

Amaryllis belladonna L.

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Monocots

Conservation status

Not applicable

Flower colours

Red/Pink, White

Year naturalised

1961

Origin

S. Africa

Etymology

amaryllis: After a the shepherdess in Theocrites and Virgil

belladonna: From the Latin bella ‘beautiful’ and donna ‘lady’, extracts of A. belladona were used to brighten the eyes