Asparagaceae
Spring squill
Squilla maritima
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Squilla
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Common names
By language (34)
- aeb
- عنصل
- Arabic
- عنصل بحري, بصل فرعون, عنصل, اسقال, اشقيل, الباصول, باصول, بصل العنصل
- arz
- عنصل بحرى
- Asturian
- Cebolla albarrana
- Catalan
- Ceba marina
- Central Kurdish
- بەنگڵەلیژە
- Chinese
- 海葱, 海蔥, 白海葱
- Danish
- Strandløg
- English
- Spring squill
- Estonian
- Meriurgiinea
- Finnish
- Jättimerisipuli, Merisipuli
- French
- Scille maritime, Scille officinale
- German
- Meerzwiebel, Mäusezwiebel
- grc
- Σκίλλα
- Greek
- Αγιοβασιλίτσα, Ασκύλα, Σκυλοκρομύδα
- Hebrew
- חצב מצוי
- hsb
- Mórska česnička
- Hungarian
- Tengerihagyma
- io
- Squilo
- Italian
- Cipolla marina
- Japanese
- カイソウ
- kab
- Aẓalim wuccen
- Korean
- 해총
- Latin
- Scilla
- Persian
- دریمیا ماریتیما
- Polish
- Urginia morska, Cebula morska, Ckliwica
- Russian
- Морской лук, Лук морской, Ургинея приморская
- shi
- Aẓalim n uccen
- Slovenian
- Primorska čebula
- Swedish
- Sjölök
- Turkish
- Ada soğanı, Adasoğanı
- Uzbek
- Dengiz piyozi
- Walloon
- Agnon-d'-leu
- Welsh
- Wnion y môr
Synonyms
- Charybdis maritima (L.) Speta
- Drimia maritima (L.) Stearn
- Ornithogalum maritimum (L.) Lam.
- Ornithogalum squilla Ker Gawl.
- Scilla lanceolata Viv.
- Scilla maritima L.
- Scilla rubra Garsault
- Stellaris scilla Moench
- Urginea maritima (L.) Baker
- Urginea scilla Steinh.
Flowers
- In flower
- August to October (from 951 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: Donkey shot, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: T. Kebert, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: יעקב, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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). About our plant data.