Geropogon hybridus, Goat's Beard, Hairless Goatsbeard,
Smooth Goatsbeard, Slender Salsify ,
Hebrew: זקן-סב מצוי, Arabic: شنگ‌وش

Scientific name:		Geropogon hybridus (L.) Schultz Bip.
Common name:		Goat's Beard, Hairless Goatsbeard, Smooth Goatsbeard, Slender Salsify
Hebrew name:		זקן-סב מצוי
Arabic name:		شنگ‌وش
Family:		Compositae / Asteraceae, מורכבים

Life form:		Annual
Stems:		20-80cm high, channelled, glabrous, leafy, branched or unbranched
Leaves:		Alternate, rosette, entire
Inflorescence:		Capitula solitary, terminal
Flowers:		Peduncle hollow or swollen below heads; involucre at flowering campanulate; involucral bracts linear or linear-ovate, c.3cm long, 2.5-3.0 mm wide, acuminate, glabrous; corolla ligulate, pink or violet; tube c.3.5 mm long, glabrous; ligule 12.0-14.0 mm long, c.3.0 mm wide
Fruits / pods:		Achene; outer achenes without an annulus and with a pappus of scabrid, rigid hairs
Flowering Period:		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: Geropogon, Greek geron, old man; pogon, beard; Old Man's Beard. hybridus, mixed; hybrid. 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 Schultz Bip. is used to indicate Carl Heinrich Bipontinus Schultz (1805 – 1867), a German physician and botanist. Location: Pura Nature Reserve, שמורת פורה