Hebrew: גרגרנית ערבית, Arabic: الحلبة العربية
| Scientific name: | Trigonella arabica Delile | |
| Common name: | Arabian Fenugreek | |
| Hebrew name: | גרגרנית ערבית | |
| Arabic name: | الحلبة العربية | |
| Plant, Family: | Papilionaceae, פרפרניים |
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| Life form: | Annual | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, compound, trifoliate | |
| Flowers: | White | |
| Flowering Period: | February, March, April | |
| Habitat: | Shrub-steppes, Desert | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts | |
| Chorotype: | Saharo-Arabian | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
Derivation of the botanical name: Trigonella, a diminutive of the Latin trigonum, "triangle or three-cornered," referring to the corolla of one of the species. arabica, Arabian. The Hebrew name: גרגרנית, gargranit ; some claim that the Hebrew name "gargranit" is mentioned in the Jerusalem Talmud as "gadganit." The clover mentioned in the Talmud is, according to modern scholars, identified with the גרגרנית, gargranit (trigonella).
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