| Author: |
John Gilbert Baker,
1873 |
| Family: |
HYACINTHACEAE* |
| Origin: |
France,
Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Spain |
| Soil: |
Sand
- Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
25
Centimetres |
| Height: |
25
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
White |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Bulbs |
| Names:
|
Sea
Squill, Sea Onion, Red Squill, White
Sguill,
Cebolla albarrana, Cebolla de grajo, Ceba Marina,
Ceborrancha, Escila, Esquila, Scille Maritime, Grande
Scille, Oignon Marin, Skilokrémidha, Vana-palândam, Ein Sit,
Hatzav, Strandløg |
| Synonyms: |
Charybdis maritima, Franz
Speta, 1998.
Drimia maritima, Stearn, 1978.
Ornithogalum maritimum, Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre de
Monnet de Lamarck..
Ornithogalum squilla, Ker Gawl.
Scilla lanceolata, Viv.
Scilla maritima, L.
Scilla rubra, Garsault.
Squilla insularis, Jord. & Fourr.
Squilla littoralis, Jord. & Fourr.
Scilla maritima, Linnaeus, 1753.
Squilla sphaeroidea, Jord. & Fourr.
Stellaris scilla, Moench.
Urginea insularis, Grey.
Urginea littoralis, Grey.
Urginea maritima, Baker.
Urginea scilla, Steinh. 1834.
Urginea sphaeroidea, Grey. |
This member of the Hyacinthaceae
family was given this name by John Gilbert Baker in 1873. It is found in the Mediterranean
Basin and on the Canary Islands, growing in sand or other
well drained soil with some water and some sun. The bulb can grow up
to 25 centimetres in diameter, the leaves up to 30 centimetres long.
The large flower stalk can grow up to 1,5 meter and the flowers are
white.
The genera name after Johannes
Heinrich Ursinus, 1608-1667, a German author, scholar, Lutheran
theologian, humanist and dean of Regensburg. The species name
means 'from the sea', as it is found along the coast.
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Hyacinthaceae
is
now part of
the Asparagaceae. |
The bulb by Ivan Cupic from
Aqrabim
ascent, east Negev desert.
The bulb can be exposed, in the
wild but are normally buried or partly buried.
The plants can be found in huge
groups or single.
The flower from Farmergracy.co.uk.
Some inflorescences are more than
two meters high.
Wild plants from Malta,
growing in limestone. |
