Stachys palaestina, Palestine woundwort,
Hebrew: אשבל ארץ-ישראלי, Arabic: البطنج الفلسطيني

Scientific name:		Stachys palaestina L.
Common name:		Palestine woundwort
Hebrew name:		אשבל ארץ-ישראלי
Arabic name:		البطنج الفلسطيني
Family:		Labiatae / Lamiaceae, שפתניים

Location: Mount Carmel

Life form:		Chamaephyte
Stems:		Flowers clustered in the axils of the leaves on the upper part of the stem
Leaves:		Opposite, triangular leaves, serrate margins
Flowers:		Hermaphrodite, a cymose inflorescence in terminal spike; white, pink
Fruits / pods:		Homogeneous seeds-fruits; nutlets
Flowering Period:		April, May, June, July, August, September
Habitat:		Hard rock outcrops
Distribution:		Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon
Chorotype:		Mediterranean
Summer shedding:		Perennating

Location: Mount Carmel Derivation of the botanical name: Stachys, Greek, a spike, relating to a spike. palaestina, of or from Palestine. The Hebrew name: אשבל, eshbol, a blend of אשכול, eshkol (=cluster), and שבולת, shibolet (=ear of corn). The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy. Location: Mount Carmel Location: Mount Carmel