حميض ,חומעה ורודה
| Scientific name: | Rumex cyprius Murb. | |
| Synonym name: | Rumex roseus L. | |
| Common name: | Knotweed, Pink Sorrel | |
| Hebrew name: | חומעה ורודה | |
| Arabic name: | حميض | |
| Family: | Polygonaceae, ארכוביתיים |
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| Life form: | Therophyte, annual | |
| Stems: | Erect, ascending, or prostrate, glabrous or papillose-pubescent | |
| Leaves: | Alternate | |
| Flowers: | Green; hermaphrodite; pollinated by Wind | |
| Fruits / pods: | Achenes with unequal wings | |
| Flowering Period: | January, February, March, April, May | |
| Habitat: | Shrub-steppes, Desert | |
| Distribution: | The Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts | |
| Chorotype: | Irano-Turanian - Saharo-Arabian | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
Derivation of the botanical name: Rumex , the ancient Latin name for the docks or sorrels. cyprius, Cyprian. roseus, rose colored. The Hebrew name: חומעה, hum'ah (sorrel, rumex), formed from Aramaic: חמע, hum'a, with suffix h.
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