Senecio joppensis, Jaffa Groundsel,
Hebrew: סביון יפו, Arabic: الشيخة يافا

Scientific name:		Senecio joppensis Dinsmore
Common name:		Jaffa Groundsel
Hebrew name:		סביון יפו
Arabic name:		الشيخة يافا
Family:		Compositae / Asteraceae, מורכבים

Life form:		Therophyte, annual
Succulence:		Leaf succulent
Leaves:		Alternate, dissected, pinnate
Flowers:		Yellow
Flowering Period:		January, February, March, April
Habitat:		Sand
Distribution:		Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands
Chorotype:		Mediterranean
Summer shedding:		Ephemeral

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). joppensis, from Jaffo, Israel. The Hebrew name: סביון, savion, from סב, sav (=old man); loan translation of the scientific name Senecio, from latin senecio, (=groundsel), from senex (=old man). The standard author abbreviation Dinsmore is used to indicate John Edward Dinsmore (1862 - 1951), who moved from Maine to Jerusalem in the 1890's to join a Protestant commune called The American Colony.