Scientific name: | Anthemis leucanthemifolia Boiss. et Blanche | |
Synonym name: | Anthemis indurata Delile | |
Common name: | Coast Chamomile | |
Hebrew name: | קחוון החוף | |
Arabic name: | بَهار لوقَنْثيمي الوَرَق | |
Family: | Compositae / Asteraceae, מורכבים |
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Life form: | Therophyte, annual | |
Stems: | Erect to decumbent, usually branched, strigillose or strigoso-sericeous to villous, glabrescent. | |
Leaves: | Alternate, entire, dentate or serrate | |
Flowers: | White, yellow | |
Fruits / pods: | Persistent, transient, homogeneous seeds-fruits | |
Flowering Period: | February, March, April, May | |
Habitat: | Sand | |
Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands | |
Chorotype: | Mediterranean | |
Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
Derivation of the botanical name: Anthemis. Chamomile. From Greek chamos, "ground", melos, "apple." Anthemis is the Greek name for this plant which has a long history, as a flavoring herb and in medicine. leucanthemifoli, leukos (Greek), "white", and anthemon, "flower", foli, "leaves". The Hebrew word: קחוון, kahvan from Arabic, أقحوان,'aqhawan, קחואן.
Location: Sharon Beach National Park, גן לאומי חוף השרון Location: Sharon Beach National Park, גן לאומי חוף השרון |