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Scilla hanburyi

Scilla hanburyi

Habitat:

spotted in a desert plain in the high mountain region after a wet winter

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6 Comments

Bernadette S
Bernadette S 5 years ago

Thanks!

Ori Fragman-Sapir
Ori Fragman-Sapir 5 years ago

I cannot find any record in the Hebrew references, but it is a common plant in the Negev Desert in S Israel. I will check also in our herbarium.
Search also under its older name Scilla hanburyi.
http://flora.org.il/en/plants/scihan/

Bernadette S
Bernadette S 5 years ago

Thanks, Ori. I don't have that on my lists of species in Sinai. Is there a recent publication that you know of that has a more up-to-date survey of plants here?

Ori Fragman-Sapir
Ori Fragman-Sapir 5 years ago

This is probably Prospero hanburyi

Bernadette S
Bernadette S 6 years ago

@SukanyaDatta, Thanks for your input! There's no record of Albuca in Sinai. I wonder if it's related to one of the other bulb species like this one: https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/20...

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 6 years ago

The leaves remind me of Albuca sp

Bernadette S
Spotted by
Bernadette S

South Sinai Governorate, Egypt

Spotted on Apr 25, 2014
Submitted on Feb 15, 2017

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