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Pancratium maritimum (sea-daffodil)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Pancratium maritimum, or sea daffodil, 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.
View Wikipedia Record: Pancratium maritimum

Attributes

Bloom Period [1]  Mid Summer
Drought Tolerance [1]  Low
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Fire Tolerance [1]  High
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days [1]  5 months 25 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [1]  Low
Fruit/Seed Begin [1]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [1]  Fall
Growth Form [1]  Single Crown
Growth Period [1]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [1]  Moderate
Hazards [2]  The bulb is somewhat poisonous;
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Propagation [1]  Bulb, Seed
Regrowth Rate [1]  Slow
Root Depth [1]  10 inches (25 cm)
Scent [2]  The flowers have an exotic lily scent;
Seed Spread Rate [1]  Slow
Seed Vigor [1]  Low
Shape/Orientation [1]  Semi-Erect
Structure [2]  Bulb
Usage [2]  The woolly hairs on the inside of the seed coat (should this say the seed case?) are used to weave felt shoes and other garments;
Vegetative Spread Rate [1]  Slow
Flower Color [1]  White
Foliage Color [1]  Green
Fruit Color [1]  Brown
Flower Conspicuous [1]  Yes
Height [2]  20 inches (0.5 m)
Width [2]  12 inches (0.3 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 6 Low Temperature: -10 F° (-23.3 C°) → 0 F° (-17.8 C°)
Light Preference [1]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [1]  Moderate Acid
Soil Fertility [1]  Intermediate
Water Use [1]  High
Screening - Summer [1]  Porous
Screening - Winter [1]  Porous
View Plants For A Future Record : Pancratium maritimum

Protected Areas

Predators

Brithys crini (Lily Borer)[3]
Podarcis lilfordi (Lilford's Wall Lizard)[4]
Xanthopastis timais (Spanish Moth)[5]

Providers

Pollinated by 
Podarcis lilfordi (Lilford's Wall Lizard)[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4POLLEN LOAD AND TRANSPORT BY THE INSULAR LIZARD, PODARCIS LILFORDI (SQUAMATA, LACERTIDAE) IN COASTAL ISLETS OF MENORCA (BALEARIC ISLANDS, SPAIN), VALENTíN PÉREZ-MELLADO, FELISA ORTEGA, SANDRA MARTíN -GARCíA , ANA PERERA, AND GLORIA CORTáZAR, ISRAEL JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, Vol. 46, 2000, pp. 193–200
♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0