Flora of Victoria

Bulb onion-like, broadly ovoid, c. 10 cm long. Leaves produced after flowering, several, linear, channelled, mostly 30–45 cm long, 15–30 mm wide. Scape stout, erect, 30–70 cm high or more. Flowers usually 5–12 per umbel, pink or less commonly nearly white; perianth segments 6–9 cm long, united at base for c. 1 cm, widely spreading above; stamens slightly shorter than perianth segments. Capsule subglobular, 1–2 cm diam. Seeds globose. Flowers late summer–autumn.

*CVU, *DunT, *GipP, *Gold, *GGr, *HSF, *OtP, *VVP. Also naturalised in WA, SA, NSW. A commonly cultivated bulb, with a wide range of forms, persisting in old garden sites and in areas where garden refuse has been deposited, noted as naturalised in Halls Gap, Melbourne and Korumburra areas, but probably more widespread than records indicate.

Source: Conran, J.G. (1994). Liliaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Val Stajsic, 2020-03-03

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Lilianae

order Asparagales

family Amaryllidaceae

genus Amaryllis

Higher taxa

species Amaryllis belladonna L.

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Amaryllis belladonna in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Amaryllis belladonna in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	naturalised
Gippsland Plain	present	naturalised
Otway Plain	present	naturalised
Goldfields	present	naturalised
Central Victorian Uplands	present	naturalised
Greater Grampians	present	naturalised
Dundas Tablelands	present	naturalised
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	introduced

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
Western Australia
South Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Tasmania

Amaryllis belladonna L.

Belladonna Lily

Victoria

State distribution