Golden rod, Lady's nightcap,
Hebrew: כרבולתן השדות, Arabic: عريفة الديك، رجل الديك
| Scientific name: | Bongardia chrysogonum (L.) Griseb. | |
| Synonym name: | Bongardia olivieri C.A.Mey., Bongardia rauwolfii C.A.Mey., Leontice chrysogonum L. | |
| Common name: | Golden rod, Lady's nightcap | |
| Hebrew name: | כרבולתן השדות | |
| Arabic name: | عريفة الديك، رجل الديك | |
| Family: | Berberidaceae, ערטניתיים |
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| Life form: | Geophyte | |
| Stems: | Branched, blue-green stems | |
| Leaves: | All leaves basal, appearing from upper part of tuber, with long flexuous petioles | |
| Flowers: | Hermaphrodite; 5 petals, yellow | |
| Fruits / pods: | Fruit inflated, pleated, indehiscent; seeds 2–3, globose, 3–5 mm diameter, without strophiole | |
| Flowering Period: | February, March | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon | |
| Chorotype: | Med - Irano-Turanian | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral | |
| Protected Flower, צמח מוגן: | No |
Derivation of the botanical name: Bongardia, named in honor of August G.H.Bongard (1786 - 1839), a German botanist chrysogonum, chrysos, χρυσοϛ, gold; gone, γονη, origin, birth, conception; golden start. olivieri, named in honor of Olivier Guillaume Antoine (1756 - 1814), a French naturalist. rauwolfia, named in honor of Leonhard Rauwolf (1535 – 1596), a German physician, botanist and traveller. Leontice, leon, λεων, οντιϛ, a lion; Lion's footprint (the shape of the leaf). The Hebrew name: כרבולתן השדות, Carbultan hasadot, carbolet, a cock's comb; hasadot, the fields.
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