Common name
English: Sea Daffodil
German: Strandlilie
Portuguese: Lirio marino
English: Sea Daffodil
German: Strandlilie
Portuguese: Lirio marino
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Liliopsida (392)
Order: Liliales (106)
Family: Amaryllidaceae (27)(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
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white
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