General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Moderately alkaline (7.9 – 8.4)
Plant Height: 12 to 24 inches
Plant Spread: 12 to 24 inches
Fruit: Other: Up to 2.5 inch long, 3-valved capsule containing up to 40 dark black seeds.
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: 5"-6"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Bulb
Resistances: Salt tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Needs specific temperature: 65ºF to 70ºF
Days to germinate: Usually 2 to 6 weeks but may take much longer
Depth to plant seed: Shallowly sow, lightly covering with soil
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Sea Daffodil
  • Spider Lily
  • Sand Lily
  • Northern Marsh Orchid
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Pancratium maritimum
  • Synonym: Hymenocallis caroliniana

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Location: Modiin Israel
Date: 2019-08-11
Location: Praia de Salgueiros, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Date: 2023-06-05
Location: Missouri Botanical Garden in St Louis
Date: 2023-08-14
Plant is labeled Hymenocallis caroliniana, syn for Pancratium mar
Location: Orto Botanico di Cagliari - Sardinia
Date: 2017-09-10
Location: Modiin Israel
Location: Modiin Israel
Date: 2018-09-08

Date: 1778
paper mosaic by Mary Delany, 1778, from the British Museum collec
Location: Jardi Botanic de Soller - Mallorca
Date: 2010-11-06
Location: Orto Botanico di Cagliari - Sardinia
Date: 2017-09-10
Location: Modiin Israel

Date: 2012-09-10
Credit Donkey shot

Credit Alexey Sergeev
Location: Orto Botanico di Cagliari - Sardinia
Date: 2017-09-10

Date: 2013-08-14
Credit stranger

Credit Alexey Sergeev

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