Hebrew, בן-חצב סתווני, Arabic: العنصل الخريفي
| Scientific name: | Scilla autumnalis L. | |
| Synonym name: | Prospero autumnale (L.) Speta | |
| Common name: | Autumn Squill, Winter Hyacinth | |
| Hebrew name: | בן-חצב סתווני | |
| Arabic name: | العنصل الخريفي | |
| Family: | Liliaceae, שושניים |
 Location: Mount Tabor |
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| Life form: | Geophyte | |
| Stems: | 5-20 cm; Unbranched scape; smooth, without any hair. Flowering stalk produces racemes of 3-15 flowers | |
| Leaves: | Rosette, 4 to 8 linear shaped leaves, entire, growing directly from the underground bulb | |
| Inflorescence: | Elongating 6-20-flowered raceme | |
| Flowers: | Star-shaped; 6 Violet, dark blue petals with a central longitudinal darker stripe; Ovary situated above the flower parts; 6 erect stamens with firm thick filaments, purple-black anthers; pistil with pink style and stigma; usually white superior ovary | |
| Fruits: | Capsule; seeds, ellipsoid, black, finely rugose | |
| Flowering Period: | October, November, December | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands | |
| Chorotype: | Mediterranean | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
 Location: Mount Tabor Derivation of the botanical name: Scilla, squill is an anglicized form of Latin scilla (late Latin squilla), and cognate to other modern European names derived ultimately from Greek oKdX~a (skilla) or OKLXAv, (skille), used by Hippocrates; from the Greek for injure, disturb, excite since of its harmful effects on the stomach and other body parts. autumnalis, pertaining to autumn. Prospero, named for Prospero Alpini (1553-1617), an Italian physician and botanist. The Hebrew name of the genus בן-חצב, ben-hatsov, was given because of the morphological similarities between Scilla and Urginea, for its bulblets and similar flowers, to a hatsov.
 Location: Mount Tabor  Location: Carmel, Muhraka 
Location: Carmel, Muhraka |