Seen growing wild all over Crete, the Sea Squill, or Sea Onion, is a bulb the Greeks hang above their doorways on New Years Eve for good health and luck. Despite being uprooted it will continue to grow and blossom, which made people think it had magical powers. After new year the bulb is take inside and keept it in the house.
Later in the summer it is easily recognised by its distinctive tall stems covered with small white flowers.
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