DAFFODIL FAMILY
Pancratium maritimum (SEA DAFFODIL, SEA LILY)
(Kum zambağı)
(Dunen-Trichternarzisse) Amaryllidaceae
Showy bulbous scapose perennial, often clump-forming. Leaves fleshy, linear, glaucous, up to 40 x 24 mm. Scape equalling or shorter than leaves, up to 35 cm or more. Inflorescence a terminal umbel. Spathe broadly lanceolate, scarious, up to 90 mm. Flowers white, infundibular, fragrant, up to 85 mm. Fruit a subglobose capsule. Seed black, numerous. Perfect potential ornamental for sandy beaches. Fl. June-October. Sandy beaches, s.l.
Mediterranean area, Bulgaria, W Transcaucasia (Black Sea coast).
