Amaryllidaceae
Sea-daffodil
Pancratium maritimum
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Pancratium
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Common names
By language (27)
- Arabic
- طيطان بحري, بصيل, سوسن, قبل, قبول, نوار الكلب
- Armenian
- Ծովանարգես
- arz
- طيطان بحرى
- Basque
- Itsas lilipa, Itsas-lilipa
- Bulgarian
- Пясъчна лилия
- Catalan
- Lliri de mar, Assutzena blanca, Assutzena d'arena, Assutzena d'arenal, Assutzena de mar, Lliri de platja, Lliri de Santa Cristina, Lliri marí
- Chinese
- 海水仙
- Corsican
- Gigliu di mare
- Czech
- Lír přímořský
- English
- Sea-daffodil, Carolina spiderlily
- Estonian
- Rand-vägilill
- Finnish
- Hietamerinarsissi, Merinarsissi
- French
- Lis maritime, Lis de mer, Lis des sables, Lys de mer, Lys des dunes
- Georgian
- Ზღვის შროშანი
- German
- Dünen-Trichternarzisse, Strandlilie
- Greek
- Κρίνος της θάλασσας
- Hebrew
- חבצלת החוף, חבצלת השרון
- Italian
- Giglio delle sabbie
- Japanese
- パンクラチウム
- Persian
- پانکراتیوم ماریتیموم
- Polish
- Pankracjum nadmorskie
- Russian
- Панкраций морской
- Slovenian
- Obmorski pankracij
- Spanish
- Azucena maritima, Azucena marítima, Nardo coronado, Nardo maritimo, Nardo marítimo
- Swedish
- Strandlilja
- Turkish
- Kum zambağı, Kumzambağı
- Welsh
- Cenhinen-Bedr Dyfnaint
Synonyms
- Hymenocallis caroliniana (L.) Herb.
- Hymenocallis lacera Salisb.
- Hymenocallis maritima (L.) M.Roem.
- Hymenocallis ruizii M.Roem.
- Pancratium abchasicum Regel
- Pancratium aegyptiacum M.Roem.
- Pancratium angustifolium M.Roem.
- Pancratium angustifolium Lojac.
- Pancratium barcinonense Sennen
- Pancratium carolinianum L.
- Pancratium linosae Soldano & F.Conti
- Pancratium mirennae Mattei
- Scilla parva Garsault
Flowers
- In flower
- July to September (from 3,012 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Karol Filo III, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Rafael Medina, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Adam J. Searcy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Carol Ann McCormick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Uffe Harboe Nygaard, CC0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Mattia Aaron Miroddi, CC0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Calimo, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nevit Dilmen, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nevit Dilmen, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nevit Dilmen, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nevit Dilmen, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.