Scientific name: | Sisymbrium erysimoides Desf. | |
Common name: | Mediterranean rocket, French Rocket, Smooth Mustard | |
Hebrew name: | תודרה מעובה | |
Family: | Cruciferae / Brassicaceae, מצליבים |
Location: Jerusalem, Gethsemane |
Life form: | Annual | |
Leaves: | Alternate, dissected, dentate or serrate | |
Flowers: | Yellow | |
Fruits / pods: | Homogeneous seeds-fruits | |
Flowering Period: | January, February, March, April, May | |
Habitat: | Shrub-steppes, Desert, Disturbed habitats | |
Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts | |
Chorotype: | Med - Saharo-Arabian | |
Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
Location: Jerusalem, Gethsemane Derivation of the botanical name: Sisymbrium, Latinized ancient Greek name used by Dioscorides and Pliny for various species of mustard. erysimoides, erysimum: from the Greek eryomai, "to help or save," because some of the species supposedly had a medicinal value; like genus Erysimum. The Hebrew name: תודרה, tudra, sisymbrium.
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