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Amaryllis belladonna (Amaryllidaceae [formerly part of Liliaceae]) not in the Student's Flora    
Amaryllis belladonna (Belladonna Lily or Naked Lady) is a very common garden species that has become established on some house sites in both urban and rural areas.

It is a robust clump forming plant with conspicuous pink or pink and white flowers that occur in umbels at the end of dark erect stems. One very distinctive feature is that the flowers come out in autumn, at a time when the plant is leafless. At the time of flowering, the plant looks like a saprophyte.

 

 
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