| Sea daffodil | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
| Genus: | Pancratium |
| Species: | P. maritimum
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| Binomial name | |
| Pancratium maritimum | |
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Pancratium maritimum, or sea daffodil, is a species of bulbous plant native to the Canary Islands and both sides of the Mediterranean region and Black Sea from Portugal, Morocco and the Balearic Islands east to Greece, Turkey, Syria, Israel and the Caucasus.[2][3] In the parts of its range on the south Bulgarian and north Turkish and Georgian coasts of Black Sea. It is also naturalized in southern California, Bermuda and the Azores.[2][4]
Pancratium maritimum grows on beaches and coastal sand dunes, often with much of the leaves and scapes buried in the sand. Other vernacular names are sea lily, sand daffodil, sand lily and lily of St. Nicholas,[5] (although it is not a true lily). The specific epithet maritimum means "of the sea".[6]
- ^ Juan Vicedo, J. (2018). "Pancratium maritimum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T18990540A57467022. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T18990540A57467022.en. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Giglio marino comune, Pancratium maritimum
- ^ "Pancratium maritimum L. - sea-daffodil". US Department of Agriculture Plant profile. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ^ "Pancratium maritimum Sea daffodil, sea lily, lily of St Nicholas Κρίνος της θάλασσας Amaryllidaceae - amaryllis family Monocot". wildflowersofskopelos.org.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ Jaeger, Edmund Carroll (1959). A source-book of biological names and terms. Springfield, Ill: Thomas. ISBN 0-398-06179-3.