Pancratium maritimum

Pancratium maritimum

Sea Daffodil

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Anthophyta
Flowering plants
Lily family
Liliaceae
Photographer: John Crellin


This bulb came from www.rareplants.co.uk.

Andy Brown says "I have seen this growing in Corfu where it can be practically the dominant plant of dunes near the sea. I wonder if it could be a little invasive given the right circumstances?"

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11 August 2006
Section: Cultivated Plants
 
British Isles status: introduced after 1500 AD
Nikon D70
Exposure Mode: Shutter Priority
Metering: Multi-Pattern
Focussing: Manual
1/60 sec - F/13
Exp. compensation: -0.3 EV
Lens: 60mm F/2.8 D
Sensitivity: ISO 400
Pancratium maritimum

Sea Daffodil

FloralImages
Creative Commons License
Protected by a Creative Commons Licence.
Anthophyta
Flowering plants
Lily family
Liliaceae
Photographer: John Crellin
Slapton Ley
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This was drawn to my attention by David Fenwick (www.aphotoflora.com). A little late in the season really. This has been growing on the shoreline here for over ten years, origin unknown. Fruits shown.

Back to: Wild plants; Flowering plants; Intr. after 1500; Lily family; South Devon

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06 September 2005
Section: Wild Plants and Fungi of the British Isles
 
British Isles status: introduced after 1500 AD
Nikon D70
Exposure Mode: Shutter Priority
Metering: Multi-Pattern
Focussing: Manual
1/200 sec - F/16
Exp. compensation: -0.3 EV
Lens: 60mm F/2.8 D
Sensitivity: ISO 320