Pancratium maritimum
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
| Genus: | Pancratium |
is a species of bulbous plant native to both sides of the Mediterranean region and Black Sea from Portugal, Morocco and the Canary Islands east to Turkey, Syria, Israel and the Caucasus. It can also be seen on the south Bulgarian and north Turkish and Georgian coasts of Black Sea, where it is threatened with extinction. It is also naturalized in southern California, Bermuda and the Azores.
Pancratium maritimum grows on beaches and coastal sand dunes, often with much of the leaves and scapes buried in the sand. Other vernacular names are Sand Daffodil, Sand Lily and the Lily of St. Nicholas. The Latin maritimum means "of the sea".
Common name(s): Sea Daffodil, Sand Lily
Synonym(s): Hymenocallis maritima, Pancratium carolinianum, Scilla parva, Hymenocallis lacera, Hymenocallis caroliniana, Hymenocallis ruizii, Pancratium aegyptiacum, Pancratium abchasicum, Pancratium maritimum var. aureum, Pancratium angustifolium, Pancratium barcinonense, Pancratium mirennae, Pancratium linosae
Pancratium maritimum grows on beaches and coastal sand dunes, often with much of the leaves and scapes buried in the sand. Other vernacular names are Sand Daffodil, Sand Lily and the Lily of St. Nicholas. The Latin maritimum means "of the sea".
Common name(s): Sea Daffodil, Sand Lily
Synonym(s): Hymenocallis maritima, Pancratium carolinianum, Scilla parva, Hymenocallis lacera, Hymenocallis caroliniana, Hymenocallis ruizii, Pancratium aegyptiacum, Pancratium abchasicum, Pancratium maritimum var. aureum, Pancratium angustifolium, Pancratium barcinonense, Pancratium mirennae, Pancratium linosae
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