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Drimia maritima (L.) Stearn

Scille maritime (fr), Urginée maritime (fr), Squille (fr), Charybdis maritime (fr), Scille officinale (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Drimia

Characteristics

A herb. It has a bulb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) 0.3
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.15
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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AprMayJun
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a Mediterranean climate plant. It grows in dry soils. It can grow in arid places.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

The stems are used to make alcoholic drinks. Caution; The plant has poisons.
Uses animal food environmental use food material medicinal non-vertebrate poison poison social use vertebrate poison
Edible leaves roots stems
Therapeutic use Heart diseases (bulb), Hypertension (bulb), Cancer (unspecified), Cardiac (unspecified), Cardiotonic (unspecified), Catarrh (unspecified), Cathartic (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Dropsy (unspecified), Ecbolic (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Emmenagogue (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Gout (unspecified), Insecticide (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Raticide (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Rubefacient (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Suppurative (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Repellant(Insect) (unspecified), Preventitive (unspecified), Restorative (unspecified), Vesicant (unspecified), Bronchitis (unspecified), Edema (unspecified), Pneumonia (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Wart (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Drimia maritima habit picture by Fernandez Cusachs Marc (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Drimia maritima leaf picture by uccio (cc-by-sa)
Drimia maritima leaf picture by alcaravan sam (cc-by-sa)
Drimia maritima leaf picture by sandro.todeschini todeschini (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Drimia maritima flower picture by Lucia Zuccotto (cc-by-sa)
Drimia maritima flower picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)
Drimia maritima flower picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Drimia maritima fruit picture by lionel zorg (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Drimia maritima world distribution map, present in Spain, France, Italy, Morocco, and Portugal

Conservation status

Drimia maritima threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:534538-1
WFO ID wfo-0000766146
COL ID 37P5D
BDTFX ID 23097
INPN ID 95432
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Ornithogalum squilla Ornithogalum maritimum Squilla anthericoides Squilla insularis Squilla littoralis Squilla sphaeroidea Scilla maritima Scilla serotina Scilla rubra Urginea maritima Urginea sphaeroidea Urginea scilla Charybdis maritima Stellaris scilla Squilla maritima Scilla lanceolata Ornithogalum anthericoides Scilla anthericoides Urginea anthericoides Urginea littoralis Urginea insularis Urginea maritima var. anthericoides Urginea maritima var. sphaeroidea Urginea anthericoides var. secundiflora Urginea maritima subsp. insularis Urginea maritima subsp. littoralis Urginea maritima var. stenophylla Urginea maritima var. tadlaensis Drimia maritima
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