Author: |
P.Ascherson & G.Schweinfurth, 1882 |
Family: |
AMARYLLIDACEAE |
Origin: |
Egypt,
Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai |
Soil: |
Sand |
Water:
|
Minimum - Medium |
Sun: |
Maximum |
Thickness: |
7 Centimetres |
Height: |
20 Centimetres |
Flower:
|
White |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Bulbs |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
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This member of the Amaryllidaceae family was given this name by Paul Friedrich Augus Ascherson
and Georg August
Schweinfurth in 1882. It is found
in Egypt, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Saudi Arabia and Sinai, growing in a well drained sandy soil with
little to some water and lots sun. The bulb can grow to seven
centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to twenty centimetres in
height. The
flowers are white. The
genera name from the Greek pankratos, meaning 'strength'. The
species name after Ernst Sickenberger,1831–1895, a German botanist,
who ended in Cairo. |