Urginea maritima - Sea squill

Sea squill (Urginea maritima, synonym Drimia maritima) is a perennial bulb native to Mediterranean Europe, found in dry sandy places near the coast. The bulb is poisonous in large doses and the fresh bulb’s acrid juice can blister skin; the red-bulbed form is specifically used as a rat poison, while the white-bulbed form is used medicinally.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Hardiness zone 11¹
• Full sun¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Medicinal use¹

Type

• Perennial

Functions

• Attracting bees¹

Footnotes

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