Amaryllis punicea Lamarck in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl. 1: 122. 1783

Bulbs 6–10 cm diam. Leaves 6–8, appearing after flowering, 50 × 3–5 cm. Scape to 1 m. Inflorescences 2–4-flowered; bracts 5 cm. Flowers slightly zygomorphic; perianth reddish to salmon, with whitish midstripe on adaxial surface of each outer tepal, tube 3 cm; outer tepals lanceolate to subrhombic, 12 cm or more, apex acuminatenate. Capsules ellipsoid to ovoid, 2 cm. Seeds black, compressed-globose or -subglobose.

Flowering spring--early summer. Disturbed sites and old gardens, spreading or persisting from cultivation; 0--100 m; introduced; La., Tex.; Mexico; West Indies; Central America; South America.

Hippeastrum puniceum is the “amaryllis” of commerce that is extensively cultivated outdoors in the southern United States and indoors elsewhere.