Ononis natrix, Shrubby Rest-harrow,
שברק מצוי
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| | Scientific name: |
| Ononis natrix L. |
| Common name: |
| Shrubby Rest-harrow |
| Hebrew name: |
| שברק מצוי |
| Family: |
| Papilionaceae, פרפרניים |
Date Picture Taken: February 18, 2008
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| | Life form: |
| Chamaephyte |
| Leaves: |
| Alternate, compound, trifoliate, dentate or serrate |
| Flowers: |
| Yellow |
| Flowering Period: |
| March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December |
| Habitat: |
| Batha, Phrygana |
| Distribution: |
| Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon |
| Chorotype: |
| Mediterranean |
| Summer shedding: |
| Perenating |
Date Picture Taken: February 18, 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.
natrix, Latin "water snake."
- 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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