Common name
English: Scarborough lily
Portuguese: Vallota
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Asparagales (46)
Family: Amaryllidaceae (29)(family description)
Genus: Cyrtanthus (1)
Epithet: elatus (Jacq.) Traub (1)
Synonyms: Amaryllis elata Jacq., Amaryllis mexicana Savi, Amaryllis purpurea Aiton
elata => exalted, tall, lofty, stately
mexicana => from or of Mexico
purpurea => purple
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: red