Pancratium sickenbergeri

Pancratium sickenbergeri is a species of flowering plant in the Amaryllidaceae family.[2] It is a Saharo-Arabian plant that grows in deserts, such as the Negev. It is native to Israel, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, and Syria.[3] 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.

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

References
  1. IPNI Publication Details
  2. "Pancratium sickenbergeri Asch. & Schweinf". World Flora Online. The World Flora Online Consortium. n.d. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  3. "Pancratium sickenbergeri Asch. & Schweinf". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 27, 2020.


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