Piptatherum thomasii, Piptatherum miliaceum,
Millet grass, נשרן צפוף
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| | Scientific name: |
| Piptatherum thomasii (Duby) Kunth |
| Synonym name: |
| Piptatherum miliaceum (L.) Coss. var. thomasii (Duby) Freitag |
| Common name: |
| Millet grass |
| Hebrew name: |
| נשרן צפוף |
| Family: |
| Gramineae / Poaceae, דגניים |
Date Picture Taken: July 16, 2009
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| | Life form: |
| Hemicryptophyte |
| Leaves: |
| Alternate, rosette, entire |
| Flowers: |
| Green |
| Flowering Period: |
| February, March, April, May, June, July |
| Habitat: |
| Batha, Phrygana |
| Distribution: |
| Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands |
| Chorotype: |
| Mediterranean |
| Summer shedding: |
| Perenating |
Date Picture Taken: April 17, 2007
Derivation of the botanical name:
Piptatherum, pipto, "to fall", and ather, "stalk".
thomasii, after Major George Henry Thomas (1816 - 1870), stationed at Fort Yuma about 1850, and later as a general a Civil War hero called the Rock of Chickamauga.
miliaceum, pertaining to millet; millet-like.
- The standard author abbreviation Duby is used to indicate Jean Étienne Duby (1798 – 1885), a Swiss Evangelical priest in Geneve and botanist (worked on cryptogams).
- The standard author abbreviation Kunth is used to indicate Carl Sigismund Kunth (1788 – 1850), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
- 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 Coss. is used to indicate Ernest Saint-Charles Cosson (1819 – 1889), a French botanist.
- The standard author abbreviation Freitag is used to indicate Helmut Freitag (born Berlin 1932), a German botanist
Date Picture Taken: April 17, 2007
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