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-COMMON_NAMES-Belladonna Lily
-GENUS-Amaryllis
-SPECIES-Amaryllis belladonna (alpha)
-CLASS-Hexandria
-ORDER-Monogynia
-AUTHORITY-Gawler
-MODERN_GENUS- Amaryllis
-MODERN_SPECIES-Amaryllis belladona
-MODERN_FAMILY-Liliaceae. Also placed in Amaryllidaceae.
-PLANT_TYPE- perennial
-COLOR- "Large fragrant flowers whose lower part is greenish white, upper
suffused with rose colour or pale carmine and veined."
-SEASON-late summer - early autumn
-NATIVE_REGION- Introduced from Portugal. Could be from Brazil, the East
Indies, India or Africa.
-ZONE- 8
-SOURCE- The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME- 19
-PUB_DATE- 1804
-REISSUED- __
-EDITOR- John Sims
-ARTIST- S. Edwards, Sansum
-NALPCD- Disc 0426 IMG0097.PCD
