Rain flower

Pancratium sickenbergeri

"Pancratium sickenbergeri" is a Saharo-Arabian plant species. "Pancratium sickenbergeri" is a bulbous plant found in Israel, Egypt and the Middle east. It grows in deserts, such as the Negev.
Pancratium sickenbergeri - leaves  Geotagged,Israel,Pancratium sickenbergeri,Winter,rain flower

Appearance

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.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassMonocots
OrderAsparagales
FamilyAmaryllidaceae
GenusPancratium
SpeciesP. sickenbergeri
Photographed in
Israel
Jordan