• Scientific Name: Lycoris aurea (L’Hér.) Herb.
• Ref: Bot. Mag. 47:t.2113, p.5. 1819
• Synonyms:
  • Amaryllis africana Lam.
  • A. aurea L’Hér.
  • A. platypetala Lindl. ex Bury
  • Lycoris africana (Lam.) M.Roem.
  • L. aurea var. angustitepala P.S.Hsu, Kurita, Z.Z.Yu & J.Z.Lin
  • L. lajolla Traub
  • Nerine aurea (L’Hér.) Sweet
• English Common Name: golden spider lily
• Chinese Common Name: 忽地笑 hūdìxiào, 铁色箭 tiěsèjiàn, 黄花石蒜 huánghuā shísuàn
• Japanese Common Name: ショウキズイセン [鍾馗水仙] shōkizuisen
• Family: Amaryllidaceae
• Genus: Lycoris
• Distribution: Shady and moist places on slopes, rock crevices; (100–)500–2300 m. Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam].
• Photo: Hangzhou, Zhejiang

Bulbs ovoid, ca. 5 cm in diam. Leaves appearing in autumn, ensiform, ca. 60 × 1.7--2.5 cm, midvein pale, base and apex gradually tapering. Flowering stem ca. 60 cm. Involucres 2, lanceolate, ca. 3.5 × 0.8 cm. Perianth yellow; tube 1.2--1.5 cm; lobes strongly recurved, abaxially with pale green midvein, oblanceolate, ca. 6 × 0.4--1 cm, margin strongly undulate. Stamens slightly or long exserted, 7--12 cm; filament yellow. Style rose red at apex. Capsule 3-angled, loculicidal. Seeds few, black, subglobose, ca. 0.7 cm in diam. Fl. Aug--Sep. 2 n = 12--16. (Flora of China)