Ajuga chamaepitys, Ground-pine, Yellow Bugle or Germander (Hebrew: חַד=שָׂפָה מָצוּי) Ground pine, is a plant whose numbers have been severely reduced by changes to downland farming. It looks at first sight like a tiny pine tree with a reddish four-cornered, hairy and viscid stem and grows to no more than 20 cm high, often branching […]
* Flower identified by Elisabeth.b Posted by ModraY at 11/26/2007
Special thanks to Elisabeth.b for naming this plant. Posted by ModraY at 9/12/2007
Olea europaea, Common Olive – from olive to oil (Hebrew: zeit, זית, Arabic: الزيتون) The olive is one of the Biblical Seven Species, with which Eretz Yisrael is blessed: “a land of wheat and barley, of vines, figs and pomegranates, and land of olive trees and honey” (Deuteronomy, 8.8). For thousands of years the olive […]
Opuntia ficus-indica, Prickly Pear (Hebrew: Sabra, Tzabar צבר) Opuntia is a genus in the cactus family Cactaceae, the prickly pear cactus (also known as the “cactus pear”). Recent DNA analysis indicates that Opuntia ficus-indica is a crop domesticated from ancestral stock of arborescent, fleshy fruited plants growing in central Mexico. From this center of origin, […]
The Aleppo Pine (Pinus halepensis) and Winter Solstice Celebrations The winter solstice (from Latin sol (sun) + stet (standing) is the date of the shortest day, when the sun appears to be at its most southerly. Both hunter-gatherers and farming communities relied on stored food to see them through the long winters, for many cultures […]
Nymphaea, Water lily, (Hebrew: נימפאה, Arabic: basnyn). Nymphaea is a genus of aquatic perennial plants having showy flowers (white, blue, pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water lily and the Egyptian lotus. Linnaeus (1753) originally described the genus Nymphaea L. to include three entities: the yellow water-lilies (currently Nuphar), white water-lilies (currently Nymphaea), […]
Arisarum vulgare, Friar’s Cowl, Arison, Aharon’s Rod (Hebrew: ,לופית מצויה Arabic: Sirij al-Ghulih, Common Greek: Lyhnaraki (Oil lamp), Dutch: gekapperde kalfsvoet ) The author of Arisarum vulgare is Giovanni Targioni Tozzetti, Italy, 1712-1783. Arisarum derived from the Greek word arisaron (as used by Dioscorides in reference to aris, aridos, the name of a small herb […]
Family Asteraceae E-L, 3 out of 5 albums of the Asteraceae Family, משפחת המורכבים Echinops adenocaulos, Globe thistle, קיפודן מצוי Geropogon hybridus, Goat’s Beard , זקן-סב מצוי Gundelia tournefortii, Tumble Thistle, עכובית הגלגל Helianthus annuus, Common Sunflower, חמנית מצויה Helichrysum sanguineum, Red Everlasting, Red cudweed, דם-מכבים Heterotheca subaxillaris, Camphorweed, טיונית החולות, Inula crithmoides, Golden samphire, […]
Helichrysum sanguineum, Red Everlasting, (Hebrew: דם-מכבים אדום – dam hamakabim; Arabic: Dem Al Ghazal -Blood of the Gazelle) Helichrysum sanguineum, the Red Everlasting,(דם-מכבים אדוםblood of the Maccabees), is a symbol for the Israeli Memorial Day for the Israeli Fallen Soldiers and the Victims of Terrorism (Yom Hazikaron), which falls in late April or May. In […]
Posted by ModraY at 9/20/2007
The Four Species (Hebrew: Arba’at Ha-Minim, ארבעת המינים also called Arba Minim) And you shall take on the first day the fruit of a goodly tree, date palm fronds, the branch of a leafy tree, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days” (Leviticus 23:40) The Four […]
Pancratium maritimum, Sea daffodil, Sea pancratium lily, Sand Lily, (Hebrew: חבצלת החוף; in Arabic: susan al bahr, ‘lily of the seashore’). “I will be as the dew to Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, he shall strike root as the poplar” Hosea 14: 5. A member of the Amaryllidaceae family. There are about 15 […]
Posted by ModraY at 12/16/2007
