I came across the Sea Daffodil at the Los Angeles Arboretum, and it’s such a fascinating little plant. It’s native to beaches around the Mediterranean and the Black Sea — from Portugal and Morocco all the way to Turkey and Israel — and it’s even made its way to places like southern California and Bermuda.
This flower grows right in the sand, often half-buried, thriving in the salty breeze and sun. It’s also known by other names like sea lily, sand daffodil, and lily of St. Nicholas.
The Sea Daffodil has an interesting pollinator too — a hawk moth called Agrius convolvuli, which only visits when the wind is calm enough. Despite its delicate look, the plant is pretty easy to grow if you’ve got full sun and very sandy, well-drained soil.
In Hebrew, it’s called חבצלת החוף (khavatselet ha-Khof), meaning “lily of the shore.” Some people even think it might be the same flower mentioned as the “rose of Sharon” in the Song of Solomon, since it grows naturally along Israel’s coastal plain.
我在洛杉磯植物園偶然看見了海水仙，它真是一種迷人的小植物。它原產於地中海和黑海沿岸的海灘——從葡萄牙和摩洛哥一直到土耳其和以色列——甚至移植到南加州和百慕達等地。
這種花就生長在沙灘上，常常半埋在沙裡，在鹹鹹的海風和陽光下茁壯成長。它還有其他一些名字，例如海百合、沙地水仙和聖尼古拉斯百合。
海水仙的授粉媒介也很有趣──一種名為白薯天蛾（Agrius convolvuli）的天蛾，它只在風平浪靜的時候才會光顧。儘管它看起來嬌弱，但只要有充足的陽光和排水良好的沙質土壤，這種植物就很容易種植。
在希伯來語中，它被稱為 חבצלת החוף (khavatselet ha-Khof)，意思是「海岸百合」。有些人甚至認為它可能是《雅歌》中提到的木槿，因為它自然生長在以色列的沿海平原上。
Notes 筆記
- Sea Daffodil is native to the Canary Islands and to both sides of the Mediterranean region and the Black Sea, from Portugal, Morocco, and the Balearic Islands eastward to Turkey, Syria, Israel, and the Caucasus. It is also naturalized in southern California, Bermuda, and the Azores.
- Sea Daffodil grows on beaches and coastal sand dunes, often with much of its leaves and scapes buried in the sand.
- Other common names for the Sea Daffodil include sea lily, sand daffodil, sand lily, and lily of St. Nicholas.
- Pancratium maritimum is pollinated by a hawk moth named Agrius convolvuli. These insects visit the flowers only when the wind speed is below 6.6 feet per second.
- The Hebrew name for the flower is חבצלת החוף (khavatselet ha-Khof), closely related to the rose of Sharon (khavatselet ha-Sharon – חבצלת השרון) mentioned in the Song of Solomon. Since the plant grows on the Sharon plain along the Mediterranean coast, it has been suggested that the biblical passage may refer to this flower.
- 海水仙原產於加那利群島以及地中海兩岸和黑海沿岸，從葡萄牙、摩洛哥和巴利阿里群島向東延伸至土耳其、敘利亞、以色列和高加索地區。它也已被移植到南加州、百慕達和亞速爾群島。
- 海水仙生長在海灘和沿海沙丘上，其大部分葉子和花莖通常都埋在沙子裡。
- 海水仙的其他常見名稱包括海百合、沙水仙、沙百合和聖尼古拉斯百合。
- 海水仙是由一種白薯天蛾授粉的。這種昆蟲只有在風速低於每秒 6.6 英尺時才會訪花。
- 這種花的希伯來文名稱是 חבצלת החוף (khavatselet ha-Khof)，與《雅歌》中提到的木槿 (khavatselet ha-Sharon – חבצלת השרון) 密切相關。由於這種植物生長在地中海沿岸的沙崙平原，因此有人認為聖經中的這段經文可能指的就是這種花。
References 參考資料
- Wikipedia: Pancratium maritimum
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