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Urginea maritima  


Common name Sea Sqill, Medicinal squill  
Hebrew name חצב מצוי  
أللّغة آلعربيّة بصيل  
Family Alliaceae / Liliaceae / Hyacinthaceae
Petals 6
Leaf form Linear
Leaf margin Entire
Habitat Light soils
Life form Geophyte
Distribution in Israel Golan, Hermon, Gallilee, Mediterranean coast, Upper Jordan valley, Northern valleys, Gilboa, Carmel, Samarian mountains, Samarian desert, Judean mountains, Judean desert and Dead Sea valley, Ein Gedi, Sharon, Shefela, Northern Negev, Negev hills and Eilat, Aravah, Valley,
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Protected Toxic
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In Israel the sea squill (חצב) has gained an almost iconic status, and is popularly known as the "harbinger of autumn", due to the fact that the flowers pop out all over the country at the end of the dry summer, some time before the first rain.

 
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Urginea maritima
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