Bulbous herbs with solid scapes. Inflorescence of 1(-2) flowers. Involucral bracts 2. Flowers symmetric, white or greenish. Tepals connate into a slender tube; segments spreading. Filaments united into a basal cup, forming a false corona.
Fruit a capsule with glossy black seeds.
Worldwide: 16 species in the Canary Is, Mediterranean and W and southern Africa
Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24
Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A.(2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Pancratium. https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=370, retrieved 29 October 2024
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