Pancratium parvum
Pancratium parvum is a bulbous ephemeral plant found in India. Flowering season is May–June.
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
| Genus: | Pancratium |
| Species: | P. parvum |
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| Pancratium parvum Dalzell[1] | |
This herb can be 30–50 cm tall, bulb 4–5 cm. Leaves 30–45 cm, linear Flowers fragrant, 3-8 in umbel on slender scape 15–25 cm long; bracts 2, 5 cm, greenish white. Filaments long; flowers opening at night. Fruits 2 cm, globose, 3 lobed Occasionally found on cliffs in evergreen forest, semi-evergreen, moist deciduous forest. parvum has bulb with neck and short stamens.
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