Amaryllidaceae
Football lily
Scadoxus multiflorus
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Scadoxus
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- زنبق الدم
- arz
- زنبق الدم
- Chinese
- 网球花, 綱球花, 虎耳兰
- Czech
- Krvokvět natalský
- English
- Football lily
- German
- Blutblume, Feuerball-Lilie
- Malayalam
- കുടമുല്ല
- Persian
- گل خون
- sat
- ᱚᱛ ᱛᱚᱨᱟᱭᱬᱤ
- Thai
- ว่านแสงอาทิตย์, ว่านกุมารทอง
- Ukrainian
- Скадоксус багатоквітковий
- Vietnamese
- Hồng tú cầu
Synonyms
- Amaryllis multiflora Tratt.
- Haemanthus multiflorus Martyn
- Haemanthus sacculus Phillips
- Haemanthus tenuiflorus Herb.
- Haemanthus tenuiflorus var. coccineus Hook.f.
- Haemanthus tenuiflorus var. mocambicensis Herb.
- Nerissa multiflorus Salisb.
Photos
Photo: Nikhilb239, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maja Dumat from Deutschland, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maja Dumat from Deutschland, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maja Dumat from Deutschland, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maja Dumat from Deutschland, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maja Dumat from Deutschland, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maja Dumat from Deutschland, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maja Dumat from Deutschland, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maja Dumat from Deutschland, CC BY 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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.