Lycoris squamigera
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|genus = Lycoris
|species = squamigera
|authority = Maxim.
|synonyms = *Amaryllis hallii Baker
- Hippeastrum squamigerum (Maxim.) H.Lév.
|synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-280535 The Plant List]
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Lycoris squamigera, the resurrection lily or surprise lily, is a plant in the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae.{{citation |last=Stevens |first=P.F. |title=Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Amaryllidoideae |url=http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/asparagalesweb.htm#AllAma }} It is also sometimes referred to as naked ladies (a name used for several other plants). It is native to southeast China and Korea.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=280535 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
Description
Lycoris squamigera is an herbaceous plant with abundant and long (up to 12" long and 1" wide) leaves ("clothes") that appear in spring. The leaves are no longer present when the flowers emerge much later, without their "clothes", from the bare ground, hence the name "Naked Ladies". The leaves sprout from the bulbs and grow in the spring, then die back during June, leaving no signs of life. The flowers spring dramatically from the bare ground in mid to late summer, and it usually takes only four to five days from first emergence to full bloom.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/195842#page/86/mode/1up Maximowicz, Carl Johann. 1885. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 6: 79–80] This suddenness is reflected in its common names: surprise lily, magic lily, and resurrection lily. The flowers are white or pink and fragrant.
Image:Lycoris squamigera.jpg are not present; two buds on short stem from ground – Chiba, Japan]]
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