Red Squill

Common name(s): maritime squill, sea onion, red squill
Synonym(s): Scilla maritima, Urginea maritima
Conservation Status: Not known to be threatened.
Habitat: Rocky hills in coastal areas.

Its bulbs, collected chiefly from the Mediterranean region, are sold as white or red squill—the white is a drug used as a diuretic, stimulant, and expectorant; the red is used mostly as a rat poison.

Other common names include Red Squill, Sea Onion and White Squill. This description is based on our research of Urginea maritima and our observations of it growing in the nursery, in our own garden and in other gardens.

Haworthia zantneriana var. zantneriana
Kniphofia uvaria (Red Hot Poker, Torch lily, Poker Plant)
Lomatophyllum purpureum
Oncostema peruviana (Peruvian Scilla)
Poellnitzia rubriflora
Urginea maritima (Red Squill) ...

Red Squill [English]: Urginea maritima
Red Standing-Cypress [English]: Ipomopsis rubra
Red Star [English]: Guzmania lingulata
Red Star [English]: Rhodohypoxis baurii
Red Star [English]: Rhodohypoxis baurii 'Pintado' ...

See also: Squill, Scilla