Chaetosciadium trichospermum, Hairy-seeded Chervil,
שערור שעיר

Scientific name:  Chaetosciadium trichospermum (L.) Boiss.
Common name:  Hairy-seeded Chervil
Hebrew name:  שערור שעיר
Plant Family:  Umbelliferae / Apiaceae, סוככיים

ישראל, פרחים, צמחי בר, פרחי בר, פרחים בישראל, שערור שעיר

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

Chaetosciadium trichospermum, Hairy-seeded Chervil, שערור שעיר


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.

Chaetosciadium trichospermum, Hairy-seeded Chervil, שערור שעיר