Family: Amaryllidaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Able to grow in regions with tropical climates
- Bulb very poisonous to animals and people
- Geophyte
- Reproduces by seeds and can resprout from bulbs
- May have limited self-compatibility
- Seeds dispersed by wind and intentionally by people
- Tolerates fire (resprouts from bulbs)
Low Risk Traits:
- No reports of invasiveness or naturalization, but unclear how widespread it has been introduced outside native range
- Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
- Requires full sun
- Not reported to spread vegetatively
- Reaches maturity in 10+ years and does not flower every year
- Seeds recalcitrant and unlikely to form a persistent seed bank