The typical leafless shoots of Amaryllis belladonna, emerging at the end of the mediterranean climate summer.

Amaryllis belladonna L.

Amaryllidaceæ • Amaryllidoideæ • Amaryllideæ • Amaryllidinæ

Has also been placed in Liliaceæ

Amaryllis : Greek: a shepardess from classical poetry • belladonna : fair or beautiful lady

naked ladies, belladonna lily, Jersey lily, Guernsey Lily, Barbados lily • Afrikaans: maart lelie (March lily) • Català (Catalan): lliri de Santa  Paula, lliri de Santa Cristina, lliri de  mar • Español: amariles, azucena de San Miguel, azucena de Santa Paula, la suegra y la nuera • Française: lis belladone • Italiano: amarillo, belladonnalilie • Português: açucena-do-cabo, lírio-beladona, bordao de Sao Jose, meninas para escola • Türk (Turkish): pembe trompetler • Ελληνική (Greek): αμαρυλίδα

العربية (Arabic): أمارليس • עברית (Hebrew): אַמאַרי, אמריליס יפהפה

Native to the Western Cape of South Africa but now commonly grown in mediterranean and similar climates worldwide.