Senecio glaucus, Senecio desfontainei, Buck's horn groundsel,
סביון הערבות
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| | Scientific name: |
| Senecio glaucus subsp. coronopifolius (Maire) C. Alexander L. |
| Synonym name: |
| Senecio coronopifolius Desf.,Senecio desfontainei Druce |
| Common name: |
| Buck's horn groundsel |
| Hebrew name: |
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| Family: |
| Compositae / Asteraceae, מורכבים |
Date Picture Taken: May 4, 2007
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| | Life form: |
| Therophyte, annual |
| Leaves: |
| Alternate, dissected, pinnate |
| Flowers: |
| Yellow |
| Flowering Period: |
| February, March, April |
| Habitat: |
| Shrub-steppes, Desert |
| Distribution: |
| Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts |
| Chorotype: |
| Irano-Turanian - Saharo-Arabian |
| Summer shedding: |
| Ephemeral |
Date Picture Taken: May 4, 2007
Derivation of the botanical name:
Senecio, Latin senex, old man; from the vhoary pappus of these herbs. referring to the gray hairs on the seeds.
glaucus, γλαυκοϛ bright, sparkling, gleaming; grayish, bluish-green (for plants, a white bloom on a leaf giving a gray-green appearance).
coronopifolius, with leaves like Coronopus.
desfontainei, named for the French botanist, René Louiche Desfontaines (1750 – 1833), a French botanist.
- 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 Maire is used to indicate René Charles Joseph Ernest Maire (1878 - 1949), a French botanist and mycologist.
- The standard author abbreviation C. Alexander is used to indicate James Crinan Murray Alexander (born 1944), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
- The standard author abbreviation Desf. is used to indicate René Louiche Desfontaines (1750 – 1833), a French botanist.
- The standard author abbreviation Druce is used to indicate George Claridge Druce (1850 – 1932), an English botanist and a Mayor of Oxford.
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