sea onion

This species is known by several common names, including squill, sea squill, sea onion, and maritime squill.

I saw it growing everywhere in Jordan in March, along with a lot of sea onion (Urginea maritima).”

Bowiea volubilis (climbing-onion, sea onion)

Ornithogalum longebracteatum), known by the common names pregnant onion, false sea onion, and sea-onion, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae.

Pythagoras, the Greek mathematician, used to nibble a nutritious mixture of herbs and seeds consisting of poppy and sesame seeds, mallow leaves, sea onion skin, barley and peas, all mixed to a paste in honey!