Amaryllidaceae
March lily
Amaryllis belladonna
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Amaryllis
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Common names
By language (23)
- Afrikaans
- Belladonnalelie, Maartlelie
- Arabic
- أمارلس ست الحسن, حشيشة الحمراء
- arz
- امارلس ست الحسن
- Cantonese
- 南非孤挺花, 孤挺花
- Chinese
- 南非孤挺花, 孤挺花
- cv
- Амариллис белладонна
- dag
- Paɣaviɛligakushihikom
- Danish
- Belladonnalilje
- Dutch
- Belladonnalelie, Amarylis Belladonna
- English
- March lily, Amaryllis, Jersey lily
- Finnish
- Amaryllis, Aitoamaryllis
- German
- Belladonnalilie, Echte Amaryllis
- hsb
- Prawa amarylis
- kw
- Arlodhesow noth
- Malayalam
- അമരില്ലിസ് ബെല്ലഡോണ, ജേഴ്സി ലില്ലി, ബെല്ലഡോണ-ലില്ലി, നേക്കെഡ്-ലേഡി-ലില്ലി, മാർച്ച് ലില്ലി
- Persian
- آماریلیس بلادونا
- Polish
- Amarylis nadobny, Amarylis piękny, Lilia narcyzia
- Portuguese
- Beladona-falsa
- Russian
- Амариллис белладонна
- Slovenian
- Viteška zvezda
- Spanish
- Azucena de San Miguel, Azucena de Santa Paula, La suegra y la nuera
- Tajik
- Косагул
- Welsh
- Lili Jersey
Synonyms
- Amaryllis belladonna var. belladonna
- Amaryllis blanda Ker Gawl.
- Amaryllis longipetala Lem.
- Amaryllis obliqua L.f. ex Savage
- Amaryllis pallida Redouté
- Amaryllis pudica Ker Gawl.
- Amaryllis regalis Salisb.
- Amaryllis rosea Lam.
- Belladonna blanda Sweet
- Belladonna pallida (Redouté) Sweet
- Belladonna pudica (Ker Gawl.) Sweet
- Belladonna purpurascens Sweet
- Brunsvigia blanda (Ker Gawl.) L.S.Hannibal
- Brunsvigia major Traub
- Brunsvigia rosea (Lam.) L.S.Hannibal
- Brunsvigia rosea Hann.
- Brunsvigia rosea var. blanda (Ker Gawl.) Traub
- Brunsvigia rosea var. elata L.S.Hannibal
- Brunsvigia rosea var. longipetala (Lem.) Traub
- Brunsvigia rosea var. major L.S.Hannibal
- Brunsvigia rosea var. minor L.S.Hannibal
- Brunsvigia rosea var. pallida (Delile) L.S.Hannibal
- Brunsvigia rosea var. pudica (Ker Gawl.) L.S.Hannibal
- Callicore rosea Link
- Coburgia belladonna Herb.
- Coburgia blanda Herb.
- Coburgia pallida (Redouté) Herb.
- Coburgia pudica Herb.
- Coburgia rosea (Lam.) Gouws
- Imhofia rosea Salisb.
- Leopoldia belladonna (L.) M.Roem.
- Zephyranthes pudica (Ker Gawl.) D.Dietr.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to March, August to October (from 1,145 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jacqui Geux, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andy Slater, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jacqui Geux, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gleb Barmashenko, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Discott, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jonathan Juan Chancasana Villacorta, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JonRichfield, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Discott, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fernando Losada Rodríguez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.