Taxon:  Drimia maritima (L.) Stearn



Summary
Genus:
Drimia
Family:
Asparagaceae
Subfamily:
Scilloideae
Tribe:
Urgineeae
Nomen number:
400663
Place of publication:
Ann. Mus. Goulandris 4:204.  1978
Verified:
10/28/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Scilla maritima L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Charybdis maritima (L.) Speta
Urginea maritima (L.) Baker

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Urginea scilla Steinh.

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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  2. Arechavaleta, M. et al., coords. 2009. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres
  3. Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage Note: = Urginea maritima
  4. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: = Urginea maritima
  5. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  6. Stearn, W. T. 1978. Mediterranean and Indian species of Drimia, (Liliaceae) a nomenclatural survey with special reference to the medicinal squill D. maritima (syn. Urginea maritima). Ann. Mus. Goulandris 4:199-210.
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English red-squill as Urginea maritima 1 Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: = Urginea maritima
English sea-onion as Urginea maritima 1 Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: = Urginea maritima
English sea-squill as Urginea maritima 1 Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage Note: = Urginea maritima
English squill as Urginea maritima 1 Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: = Urginea maritima
German Meerzwiebel as Urginea maritima 2 Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage Note: = Urginea maritima
Swedish sjölök 2 Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanary IslandsTenerife
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria n.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya n.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaEgyptSinai 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece incl. Crete
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance incl. Corsica
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands (Tenerife)]
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Libya (n.), Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Egypt [Sinai], Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamentalfide Dict Gard, as Urginea maritima; Eur Gard F, as Urginea maritimaHuxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Medicinessource of scillarin Afide Import Medicinal Pl, as Urginea maritima; CRC MedHerbs ed2, as Urginea maritima; Herbs Commerce ed2, as Urginea maritimaFarnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto. 1988. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23)
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsas Urginea maritimaKingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
Weedpotential seed contaminantas Urginea maritimaHolm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=400663. Accessed 28 May 2025.