Amaryllidaceae
Red spider lily
Lycoris radiata
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Lycoris
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- زنبق العنكبوت الأحمر
- arz
- زنبق العنكبوت الاحمر
- Cantonese
- 石蒜
- Chinese
- 石蒜, 紅花石蒜, 嶂螂花, 蟑螂花, 龙爪花, 山乌毒, 曼珠沙华, 红花石蒜
- Czech
- Lykoris
- English
- Red spider lily, Red magic lily
- hsb
- Pruhowy lykoris
- Indonesian
- Bakung lelabah merah, Bunga lili merah
- Japanese
- ヒガンバナ, まんじゅしゃげ, セキサン, マンジュシャゲ, 地獄花, 彼岸花, 曼珠沙華, 死人花
- Korean
- 석산, 꽃무릇, 석산꽃, 피안화
- Malay
- Bakung labah labah merah, Lily labah labah merah
- Persian
- سوسن عنکبوتی قرمز
- Russian
- Ликорис лучистый
- Slovenian
- Žarkasti likoris
- Sundanese
- Bakung lancah beureum
- Swedish
- Röd tempellilja
- Turkish
- Ekinoks Çiçeği
- Ukrainian
- Лікоріс променистий
- za
- Gohofangz
Synonyms
- Amaryllis radiata L'Hér.
- Lycoris radiata f. bicolor N.Yonez.
- Lycoris radiata var. kazukoana N.Yonez.
- Lycoris radiata var. pumila Grey
- Lycoris radiata var. radiata
- Lycoris radiata var. terraccianii Dammann
- Lycoris terracianii Hort.Dammann.
- Nerine japonica Miq.
- Nerine radiata (L'Hér.) Sweet
- Orexis radiata (L'Hér.) Salisb.
Flowers
- In flower
- September to October (from 1,167 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Eamon Corbett, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Timur Kalininsky, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Jones, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: jack9000, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: evangrimes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 2009judith22, CC BY 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.