Euphorbia helioscopia, Sun spurge, Wartwort, Cat's milk,
חלבלוב השמש, פלפלון בכות
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| | Scientific name: |
| Euphorbia helioscopia L. |
| Common name: |
| Sun spurge, Wartwort, Cat's milk |
| Hebrew name: |
| פלפלון בכות,חלבלוב השמש |
| Plant Family: |
| Euphorbiaceae, חלבלוביים |
Date Picture Taken: January 14, 2009
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| | Life form: |
| Therophyte, annual |
| Leaves: |
| Alternate, entire, dentate or serrate |
| Flowers: |
| Green |
| Flowering Period: |
| January, February, March, April, May |
| Habitat: |
| Batha, Phrygana |
| Distribution: |
| The Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands |
| Chorotype: |
| Med - Euro-Siberian |
| Summer shedding: |
| Ephemeral |
Date Picture Taken: January 14, 2009
Derivation of the botanical name:
Euphorbia, Εὔφορβος, Euphorbus, after the Numidian physician Euphorbus, physician to Juba II, King of Numidia and Mauretania, about the end of the first century BCE. In classical Greek ευφορβοσ (euphorbos) means well fed.
helioscopia, Greek êlios, ηλιοσ, the sun; skopia, σκοπια, observing, looking out; referring to the habit of the flower heads of turning towards the sun.
- 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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