Vasilis Teodoridis:
Amaryllidaceae | Lycoris
1. Lycoris radiata (L’Héritier) Herbert; Bot. Mag. 47: 5 sub t. 2113. 1819.
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Amaryllis radiata L’Héritier; Sert. Angl. 16. 1788.
Bulbs subglobose; 1--3 cm in diam. Leaves appearing in autumn; dark green; narrowly ligulate; ca. 15 x 0.5 cm; midvein pale; apex obtuse. Flowering stem ca. 30 cm. Umbel 4--7-flowered; involucres 2; lanceolate; ca. 3.5 x 0.5 cm. Perianth bright red; tube green; ca. 0.5 cm; lobes strongly recurved; narrowly oblanceolate; ca. 3 x 0.5 cm; margin strongly undulate. Stamens conspicuously exserted. Fl. Aug--Sep. fr. Oct. 2 n = 22; 32; 33.
Shady and moist places on slopes; rocky places along stream banks; near sea level to 1000(--2500) m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Henan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Shandong; Shaanxi; Sichuan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Japan; Korea; Nepal].
The fertile; diploid populations are Lycoris radiata var. pumila Grey (Hardy Bulbs 2: 58. 1938) according to Hsu et al. (Sida 16: 325. 1994); while the morphologically essentially identical; triploid populations are L. radiata var. radiata.