Onosma orientalis, Golden Drop,
Hebrew: מציץ סורי, Arabic: مصيص
| Scientificname: | Podonosma orientalis (L.) Feinbrun, Podonosma orientalis (L.) Feinbrun, Podonosma syriacum (Labill.) Boiss. | |
| Synonymc name: | Onosma orientalis (L.) L. | |
| Common name: | Golden - Drop | |
| Hebrew name: | מציץ סורי | |
| Arabic name: | مصيص | |
| Family: | Boraginaceae, זיפניים |
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| Life form: | Chamaephyte | |
| Stems: | Rouns, hispid | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, sessile, entire, hispid, with green or whitish hairs | |
| Flowers: | Flowers on stalks; Corolla cylindrical, acute; yellow, light blue, White, in a terminal double cluster | |
| Fruits / pods: | Pericarpium, pendulous, seeds 4, erect, ovate-triangular, length and width subequal, adaxially usually ribbed, abaxially slightly convex; attachment scar basal. | |
| Flowering Period: | February, March, April, May, June | |
| Habitat: | Hard rock outcrops | |
| 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: | Perennating |
Derivation of the botanical name: Podonosma, pous, pod πουϛ, ποδοϛ, foot; onosma for stone bugloss. The Onosma genus has been divided into three sections: Protonosma, Podonosma and Onosma. orientalis, from the Orient; Eastern. syriacum, Syrian. The Hebrew name: מציץ, mazits, from מצץ = to suck.
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