Amaryllidaceae
April fool
Haemanthus sanguineus
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Haemanthus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Afrikaans
- Velskoenblaar
- Arabic
- زهرة الدم القانية
- English
- April fool, Paintbrush
Synonyms
- Haemanthus cooperi Baker
- Haemanthus incarnatus Burch. ex Herb.
- Haemanthus lambertianus Schult.f.
- Haemanthus obliquus Donn
- Haemanthus orbicularis Donn
- Haemanthus rotundifolius [Ker.-Gawl.]
- Melicho sanguineus Salisb.
Photos
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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). About our plant data.