Sand lily (Pancratium Maritimum) is a bulbous plant that belongs to the Amaryllidaceae family and grows in coastal dunes.

In our country: It grows in the Mediterranean, Aegean, Marmara and Black Sea coastal dunes.

This plant, whose flowers are white, showy and very fragrant, prefers fixed sand dunes.

Sand lily is a solar plant. For this reason, this plant prefers open areas where the dunes are not wet, stable dunes and other plant species are weak.

(Sand dune is a sand dune formed by the accumulation of winds in deserts or sea shores.)

Sand lily, which is a geophyte, spends the winter at rest and can meet its water needs from atmospheric humidity or night dew in extreme summer temperatures. Geophytes are plants that spend the unfavorable seasons of the year under the ground with their underground organs, bloom in spring, showy blooms and have economic value. The sand lily can also use groundwater from the sea, so it's a salt-tolerant species. So it is not affected by salt much.

Yes, let's get to the point. An administrative fine of 60 thousand lira is imposed on those who take the 'sand lily' plant for commercial purposes, which is shown among the endangered plants and protected by the World Conservation Union. Where is this fine; In Sinop ... This information is from a news from July 2019. The figure announced this year is exactly 73 thousand TL.

Be you, do not damage the sand lily. Otherwise, you will pay the same amount of money as a car.

These images I took are from Şile beaches. I hope Şile Municipality knows the value of this plant. #Flowers #SandLily #Lily