Scientific name: | Scabiosa palaestina L. | |
Synonym name: | Lomelosia palaestina (L.) Raf. | |
Common name: | Palestine scabious | |
Hebrew name: | תגית ארץ-ישראלית | |
Arabic name: | جربية فلسطينية -أم الرويس- دولاب الهوا | |
Plant Family: | Dipsacaceae, שלמוניים |
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Life form: | Therophyte, annual | |
Leaves: | Opposite, entire | |
Flowers: | White | |
Flowering Period: | March, April, May | |
Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon | |
Chorotype: | Med - Irano-Turanian | |
Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
Derivation of the botanical name: Scabiosa, rough, scabby. palaestina, of or from Palestine. Lomelosia The Hebrew name: נזרית, nezirit / תגית, tagit, scabiosa.
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