Astragalus boeticus, Yellow Milk Vetch,
קדד ספרדי
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| | Scientific name: |
| Astragalus boeticus L. |
| Common name: |
| Yellow Milk Vetch |
| Hebrew name: |
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| Family: |
| Papilionaceae, פרפרניים |
Date Picture Taken: March 24, 2008
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| | Life form: |
| Annual |
| Leaves: |
| Alternate, compound, pinnate |
| Flowers: |
| Yellow |
| Flowering Period: |
| February, March, April |
| Habitat: |
| Batha, Phrygana |
| Distribution: |
| Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes |
| Chorotype: |
| Mediterranean |
| Summer shedding: |
| Ephemeral |
Date Picture Taken: March 22, 2008
Derivation of the botanical name:
Astragalus, ἀστραγαλος, literally signifies a huckle bone (talus), a small bone of the ankle; astragalus, which the Greeks, as well as the Romans, used for dice and other purposes and an early name applied to some plants in this family, with vertebra-like knotted roots.
boeticus, Boeoticus, Βοιωτικοϛ from Boeotia, from Boeotia, near Athens, the birthplace of Hercules and Bacchus.
- The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
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