Southern Crupina, False Saw-wort,
Hebrew: דרדית מצויה, Arabic: زحافة زحافية
| Scientific name: | Crupina crupinastrum (Moris) Vis. | |
| Scientific name: | Crupina vulgaris subsp. crupinastrum (Moris) Batt. | |
| Common name: | Southern Crupina, False Saw-wort | |
| Hebrew name: | דרדית מצויה | |
| Arabic name: | زحافة زحافية | |
| Plant Family: | Compositae / Asteraceae, מורכבים |
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| Life form: | Therophyte, annual | |
| Stems: | 20 - 80 cm high; erect, openly branched above | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, dissected, pinnate, dentate or serrate | |
| Flowers: | Violet | |
| Fruits / pods: | Achenes, cylindric or ± compressed; base puberulent, soft-hairy upward; bristles of the pappus are brown-black | |
| Flowering Period: | March, April, May | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon | |
| Chorotype: | Med - Irano-Turanian | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
Derivation of the botanical name: Crupina, possibly from a Flemish or Dutch vernacular name; kruipen crawl, referring to the achenes provided with black papus simular to the legs of an insect. The source and means of crupinastrum is not known.
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