Pancratium sickenbergeri
| rain flower | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
| Genus: | Pancratium |
| Species: | P. sickenbergeri
|
| Binomial name | |
| Pancratium sickenbergeri Asch. & Schweinf.[1]
| |
Pancratium sickenbergeri is a Saharo-Arabian plant species. It grows in deserts, such as the Negev. The flowers look like the Mediterranean species Pancratium maritimum, but the leaves of P. sickenbergeri are curly and the plant is much smaller. Unusually for the desert, the seeds are distributed by floodwaters when they occur in the winter.
Pancratium sickenbergeri is a bulbous plant found in Israel, Egypt and the Middle east.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pancratium sickenbergeri.
 | This Asparagales article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |