Common name
English: Red squill, Sea squill
German: Meerzwiebel
Portuguese: Cebola-albarrã, Cebola-do-mar
English: Red squill, Sea squill
German: Meerzwiebel
Portuguese: Cebola-albarrã, Cebola-do-mar
Kingdom: Plantae (2586)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2483)
Class: Liliopsida (384)
Order: Liliales (115)
Family: Liliaceae (38)(family description)
Genus: Drimia (1)
Epithet: maritima (L.) Stearn (10)
Synonyms: Charybdis maritima (L.) Speta, Ornithogalum anthericoides (Poir.) Link ex Steud., Ornithogalum maritimum (L.) Lam., Ornithogalum squilla Ker Gawl., Scilla anthericoides Poir., Scilla lanceolata Viv., Scilla maritima L., Scilla serotina Schousb., Squilla anthericoides (Poir.) Jord. & Fourr., Squilla insularis Jord. & Fourr., Squilla littoralis Jord. & Fourr., Squilla maritima (L.) Steinh., Squilla sphaeroidea Jord. & Fourr., Urginea anthericoides (Poir.) Steinh., Urginea insularis (Jord. & Fourr.) Grey, Urginea littoralis (Jord. & Fourr.) Grey, Urginea maritima (L.) Baker, Urginea sphaeroidea (Jord. & Fourr.) Grey
anthericoides => resembling Anthericum
insularis => inhabiting islands
lanceolata => lancet-like in form
littoralis => found on the seashore
maritima => growing on the seashore, confined to the coast
maritimum => growing on the seashore, confined to the coast
serotina => autumnal, of late season, occuring late, late flowering
sphaeroidea => spherical
squilla => derived from the ancient Greek name for Drimia maritima
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: helophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: green, beige, white
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