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Maritimum (other)
Maritimum may refer to: * '' Alyssum maritimum'', a synonym for ''Lobularia maritima'', the sweet alyssum or sweet alison * '' Crithmum maritimum'', the samphire or rock samphire, the sole species of the genus Crithmum, an edible wild plant * '' Pancratium maritimum'', the sea daffodil, a species native to the Mediterranean region and south-western Europe See also * Maritima (other) * Maritime (other) * Maritimus (other) Maritimus may refer to: * '' Marinobacter maritimus'', a Proteobacteria species in the genus ''Marinobacter'' found in sea water Species * ''Ursus maritimus'', the polar bear Subspecies * '' Antechinus minimus maritimus'', the swamp antechinus * ...
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Alyssum Maritimum
''Lobularia maritima'' (syn. ''Alyssum maritimum'') is a species of low-growing flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. Its common name is sweet alyssum or , also commonly referred to as just alyssum (from the genus ''Alyssum'' in which it was formerly classified). Etymology The genus name ''Lobularia'' comes from a Greek word meaning 'small pod', referring to the shape of the fruits. The name of the species ''maritima'' refers to its preferred coastal habitat. Description Lobularia maritima is an annual plant (rarely a short-lived perennial plant) growing to tall by broad. The stem is very branched, with dense clusters of small flowers. The leaves are 1–4 cm long and 3–5 mm, broad, alternate, sessile, quite hairy, oval to lanceolate, with an entire margin. The flowers are about in diameter, sweet-smelling, with an aroma similar to that of honey, with four white rounded petals (or pink, rose-red, violet. yellow and lilac) and four sepals. The six stamen ...
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Crithmum Maritimum
''Crithmum'' is a monospecific genus of flowering plant in the carrot family Apiaceae, with the sole species ''Crithmum maritimum'', known as rock samphire, sea fennel or samphire. The name " samphire" is also used for several other unrelated succulent halophyte species of coastal plant. Sea fennel, or Rock samphire, is an edible wild plant. It is found on coastlines throughout much of Europe (north to the British Isles), Macaronesia, parts of West Asia and North Africa in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Black Sea coasts. History, trade and cultivation In the 17th century, Shakespeare in '' King Lear'' referred to the dangerous practice of collecting rock samphire from cliffs. ''"Half-way down, Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade!"'' In the 19th century, samphire was being shipped in casks of seawater from the Isle of Wight to market in London at the end of May each year. Rock samphire used to be cried in London streets as "Crest Marine". In England, ...
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Pancratium Maritimum
''Pancratium maritimum'', or sea daffodil, is a species of bulbous plant native to the Canary Islands and both sides of the Mediterranean region and Black Sea from Portugal, Morocco and the Balearic Islands east to Turkey, Syria, Israel and the Caucasus. In the parts of its range on the south Bulgarian and north Turkish and Georgian coasts of Black Sea. It is also naturalized in southern California, Bermuda and the Azores. ''Pancratium maritimum'' grows on beaches and coastal sand dunes, often with much of the leaves and scapes buried in the sand. Other vernacular names are sea lily, sand daffodil, sand lily and lily of St. Nicholas, (although it is not a true lily). The specific epithet ''maritimum'' means "of the sea". Description ''Pancratium maritimum'' is a bulbous perennial with a long neck and glaucous, broadly linear leaves, evergreen, but the leaves often die back during hot summers. Scape to . Flowers 3–15 in an umbel, up to long, white. Corona two-thirds as l ...
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Maritima (other)
Maritima may refer to: * 912 Maritima, an asteroid * Alba Maritima (titular see), a Catholic titular see * Caesarea Maritima, a city and harbor built by Herod * CD Orientación Marítima, a football team in Arrecife, Canary Islands * Cupra Marittima, a town on the Adriatic coast * Maritima Avaticorum, the ancient chief town of the Avatici * Ora Maritima, the ''sea coasts'', a poem * Secil Maritima, a flagship in Angolan shipping * ''Beta vulgaris'', subsp. ''maritima'', see sea beet See also * Maritime (other) * Maritimus (other) * Maritimum (other) {{Disambiguation ...
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Maritime (other)
Maritime may refer to: Geography * Maritime Alps, a mountain range in the southwestern part of the Alps * Maritime Region, a region in Togo * Maritime Southeast Asia * The Maritimes, the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island * Maritime County, former county of Poland, existing from 1927 to 1939, and from 1945 to 1951 * Neustadt District, Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia, known from 1939 to 1942 as ''Maritime District'', a former district of Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia, Nazi Germany, from 1939 to 1945 * The Maritime Republics, thalassocratic city-states on the Italian peninsula during the Middle Ages Museums * Maritime Museum (Belize) * Maritime Museum (Macau), China * Maritime Museum (Malaysia) * Maritime Museum (Stockholm), Sweden Music * ''Maritime'' (album), a 2005 album by Minotaur Shock * Maritime (band), an American indie pop group * "The Maritimes" (song), a song on the 2005 album ''Boy-Cott-In the Industry'' by Classified * "Marit ...
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