Chaetosciadium trichospermum, Hairy-seeded Chervil,
שערור שעיר
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Scientific name: |
| Chaetosciadium trichospermum (L.) Boiss. |
Common name: |
| Hairy-seeded Chervil |
Hebrew name: |
| שערור שעיר |
Plant Family: |
| Umbelliferae / Apiaceae, סוככיים |
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Life form: |
| Annual |
Stems: |
| Apressed-hairy, dichotomous from base (repeated branching into two equal parts) |
Leaves: |
| Alternate, dissected, pinnate leaf arrangement, dentate or serrate |
Flowers: |
| Pink, white |
Fruits / pods: |
| Fruit oblong; mericarps all irregularly covered with long bristles |
Flowering Period: |
| March, April |
Habitat: |
| Batha, Phrygana, Shrub-steppes, Desert |
Distribution: |
| Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon |
Chorotype: |
| Mediterranean |
Summer shedding: |
| Ephemeral |
Derivation of the botanical name:
Chaetosciadium, chaete, χαιτη, long, loose, or flowing hair; skiadion, skiadeion, umbel, parasol.
trichospermum, ϑριξ, τριχοϛ, hair, wool, bristle; -spermus, -seeded; hairy-seeded.
- The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
- The standard author abbreviation Boiss. is used to indicate Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810 – 1885), a Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician.
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