Species name :

Pancratium foetidum Pomel

Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.)

Pancratium collinum Coss. & Durieu (nom. nud.)

Full list of synonyms : [Euro+Med] [PlantList] [IPNI] [POWO] [Catalogue of Life ]

Plant Family :

Amaryllidaceae Jaume St.-Hil (The Daffodil or Amaryllis Family)
27 species from the Amaryllidaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands.

English name(s) :

Stinking Sea Daffodil

Maltese name(s) :

Pankrazju tal-Ħarifa

Status for Malta :

Subendemic. Found in Malta and neighbouring territories such as in south Sicily, Lampedusa, Pantelleria, etc.

Frequency :

Very Common     Common     Frequent     Scarce     Rare     Very Rare     Extinct in the wild

Growth form :

Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: GEOPHYTE (bearing underground bulbs, rhizomes, stolons, etc.)
Germination [info]: Monocotyledon

Legal Protection [link]:

Protected by law: schedule VI of legal notice LN311/2006. (strictly protected species)

Red List (1989) :

Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands

Flowering Time :

Autumn

Colour of Flowers:

White

Remarks :

Considered as extinct in the wild were one population was reported from Bahar ic-caghaq area. There is a surviving population at Argotti Gardens. Closely related to Pancratium maritimum but grows on coastal rocks and flowers emit a stinking smell

Habitat in Europe:

Data will be available in the next update of this website.

Preferred habitat in Malta:

Coastal areas

Botanical Description:

Data will be available in the next update of this website.

Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):

Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) - Country codes

Ag Li Ma Tn