Geum urbanum, Geum rivale subsp. urbanum, Wood Aven, Bennet’s-Root, Hebrew: גיאון היערות, Arabic:حشيشة المبارك المدينية Scientific name: Geum urbanum L. Synonym name: Geum rivale subsp. urbanum Á. Löve & D. Löve Common name: Wood Avens, Bennet’s Root, Old man’s whiskers, Herb bennet Hebrew name: גיאון היערות Arabic name: حشيشة المبارك […]
Harbingers (Heralds) of Autumn, מבשרי הסתיו Autumn Flowers, September-November עונת השלכת, החודשים תשרי חשוון וכסלו Most autumn-flowering Mediterranean species belong to the families of Liliaceae, Amaryllidaceae, and Iridaceae The first to flower is Urginea maritima (Sea onion, Squill, Hatzav Mazui, חצב מצוי)
Choose Gallery: White | Cream | Yellow | Orange | Red | Purple | Pink | Lilach | Violet | Dark blue | Light blue | Green | Brown | Membranous | No Flowers | No petals The Orange Wildflowers gallery Page 1 out of 1 Page 1 Click on the thumbnails to view the plant pages
Olea europaea, Olivetree, Hebrew: זית אירופי, Arabic: زيتون Scientific name: Olea europaea L. Common name: Olivetree Hebrew name: זית אירופי Arabic name: زيتون, Zaytun Family: Oleaceae, זיתיים Location: Jerusalem, Garden of Gethsemane Life form: Tree Stems: Up to 15m, bark grey, finely grooved; twigs lepidote, grey Leaves: […]
Prunus ursina, Bear’s Plum, Hebrew: שזיף הדב, Arabic: خوخ الدب Scientific name: Prunus ursina Kotschy Common name: Bear’s Plum Hebrew name: שזיף הדב Arabic name: خوخ الدب Family: Rosaceae, ורדיים Life form: Phanerophyte, tree Spinescence: Stems Leaves: Alternate, entire, dentate or serrate Flowers: White, pink Flowering […]
Class Dicotyledoneae, dicots, מחלקה דו-פסיגיים Family Apiaceae or Umbelliferae, Carrot / Parsley Family, משפחת הסוככיים Compound umbels; usually hollow flower stalks; flowers have 5 sepals (small and underneath), 5 petals and 5 stamens; ovary is positioned inferior, 2 united carpels; fruit, schizocarp, when matures it splits up into one-seeded mericarps. Genus Hydrocotyle, ספלילה Genus Eryngium, […]
Exodus 3:8 So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. Exodus 3:17 And I have promised to […]
Fleur-de-lis in English: “lily flower”, in Hebrew: shoshan, שושן, “פלור דה ליס”. (also spelled fleur-de-lys; an archaic spelling is fleur-de-luce) The Ancient Egyptian hieroglyph for “Tree of Life” (“I am the plant which comes from Nu/Osiris”) was three lotus lilies. The trunk of the tree represented the World Pillar, the center of the universe. The […]
Givat-Hamoreh, Hamoreh Hill, Little Hermon – Nebi Dahi, נבי דחי Walk among the wildflowers March 18, 2009 The Hill of Moreh lies at the eastern end of the Jezreel plain. On its southwestern slope once stood the town of Shunem, where the Philistines assembled to fight Saul: “So the Philistines gathered together and came and […]
Ficus sycomorus, Sycamore fig, fig-mulberry, Shikma, Hebrew: שקמה, Arabic: جمّيز There are three kinds of virgins: a virgin woman, virgin soil, and a virgin sycomore. Babylonian Talmud Nida 8b Scientific name: Ficus sycomorus L. Common name: Sycamore fig, fig-mulberry Hebrew name: שקמה Arabic name: جمّيز, Jummayz Plant Family: Moraceae, תותיים […]
Sternbergia clusiana, Sternbergia spaffordiana, Sternbergia, Autumn Crocus, Autumn Daffodil, Hebrew: חלמונית גדולה, Arabic: قعفور Scientific name: Sternbergia clusiana (Ker Gawler.) Spreng. Synonym name: Sternbergia spaffordiana Dinsm. Common name: Sternbergia, Autumn Crocus, Autumn Daffodil Hebrew name: חלמונית גדולה Arabic name: قعفور Family: Amaryllidaceae, נרקיסיים Life form: Geophyte Stems: […]
Althaea setosa, Alcea setosa, Bristly hollyhock, Hebrew: חטמית זיפנית , Arabic: الخطمي الهلبي Scientific name: Althaea setosa Boiss Synonym name: Alcea setosa (Boiss) Alef. Common name: Bristly hollyhock Hebrew name: חטמית זיפנית Arabic name: الخطمي الهلبي Family: Malvaceae, חלמיתיים Life form: Hemicryptophyte Stems: To 3.5 m tall, […]
Aster subulatus, Symphyotrichum subulatum, Annual Saltmarsh Aster, Hebrew: אסתר מרצעני Scientific name: Aster subulatus Michx. Synonym name: Symphyotrichum subulatum (Michx.) G.L. Nesom Common name: Annual Saltmarsh Aster Hebrew name: אסתר מרצעני Family: Compositae / Asteraceae, מורכבים Life form: Annual Stems: 30–180 cm high, erect, almost glabrous; stems branched […]
Balanites aegyptiaca, Ximenia aegyptiaca, Agialida senegalensis, Balanos, Egyptian Balsam, Hebrew: זקום מצרי, Arabic: هجليج مصري Scientific name: Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile Synonym name: Ximenia aegyptiaca L., Agialida senegalensis Tiegh. Common name: Desert date, Jericho balsam, Egyptian Balsam, Balanos, Zacum oil plant, Soapberry tree German Name: Die Wüstendattel auch Zachunbaum Hebrew name: […]
