Ononis alopecuroides, Foxtail Rest Harrow,
שברק משובל
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| | Scientific name: |
| Ononis alopecuroides L. |
| Common name: |
| Foxtail Rest Harrow |
| Hebrew name: |
| שברק משובל |
| Family: |
| Papilionaceae, פרפרניים |
Date Picture Taken: April 7, 2008
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| | Life form: |
| Annual |
| Leaves: |
| Alternate, entire |
| Flowers: |
| Pink |
| Flowering Period: |
| April, May |
| Habitat: |
| Humid habitats |
| Distribution: |
| Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon |
| Chorotype: |
| Mediterranean |
| Summer shedding: |
| Ephemeral |
Date Picture Taken: April 23, 2008
Derivation of the botanical name:
Ononis, (Theophrastus) is from the Greek onos, meaning "ass" (because they are said especially to like it), and the classical Greek name used by Pliny for the rest-harrow.
alopecuroides, alopecuros, αλωπεκουροϛ (αλωπεξ ουρα)
Theophrastus: "fox tail, fox brush"; -oides, -οειδεϛ, "like, resemble"; like the genus Alopecurus (foxtail).
- The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
Location: Netanya, the Dora rain pool; Date Picture Taken: April 2, 2010
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