Common name
English: Sea Daffodil
German: Strandlilie
Portuguese: Lirio marino
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Liliales (111)
Family: Amaryllidaceae (29)(family description)
Genus: Pancratium (1)
Epithet: maritimum Linné (4)
Synonym: Hymenocallis caroliniana (L.) Herb.
caroliniana => from the Province of Carolina, a former colony of North America including the modern states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi, and parts of modern Florida and Louisiana
maritimum => growing on the seashore, confined to the coast
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white
External links
Check for Pancratium maritimum at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [617] Pancratium maritimum - Plants For A Future database