Class Dicotyledoneae, dicots, מחלקה דו-פסיגיים Family Convolvulaceae, Bindweed or Morning Glory Family, משפחת החבלבליים Climbing herbs, alternate leaves; flowers are regular, bisexual; 5 separate sepals, 5 united petals making a funnelform flower, 5 stamens attached at the base of petal tube; ovary with 2 united carpels; fruit a capsule. Genus Cressa, ערר Genus Ipomoea, לפופית: […]
Artemisia arborescens,Tree Wormwood, Hebrew: שיבה ,לענה שיחנית, Arabic: أرتميزيا Scientific name: Artemisia arborescens L. Common name: Tree Wormwood Hebrew name: שיבה ,לענה שיחנית Arabic name: أرتميزيا Family: Compositae / Asteraceae, מורכבים Life form: Chamaephyte Stems: Spreading shrub to 100cm or more; woody at the base Leaves: Alternate, […]
Typha domingensis, Typha australis, Bulrush, Southern Cattail, Narrowleaf Cattail, Hebrew: סוף מצוי, Arabic: افلح/ىدرب Scientific name: Typha domingensis (Pers.) Steud. Synonym name: Typha angustifolia Bory & Chaub., Typha australis Schum. & Thonn. Common name: Bulrush, Southern Cattail, Narrowleaf Cattail Hebrew name: סוף מצוי, suf Arabic name: Halfa/Bardi, افلح/ىدرب Plant Family: […]
Foeniculum vulgare, Fenkel, Sweet Fennel, Wild Fennel, Common Fennel, Hebrew: שומר פשוט, Arabic: شومر Scientific name: Foeniculum vulgare Miller Common name: Fenkel, Sweet Fennel, Wild Fennel, Common Fennel Hebrew name: שומר פשוט Arabic name: شومر Family: Umbelliferae / Apiaceae, סוככיים Life form: Hemicryptophyte Stems: Up to 250 cm, […]
Acacia pachyceras, Acacia negevensis, Acacia gerrardii, Acacia, Hebrew: שיטת הנגב, Arabic: سنط غليظ الحبوب Scientific name: Acacia pachyceras O.Schwartz Synonym name: Acacia negevensis (Zohary) Zohary Synonym name: Acacia gerrardii Benth. English name: Acacia Hebrew/שם עברי: שיטת הנגב Arabic/الاسم العربي: سنط غليظ الحبوب Español: Acacia pachyceras Family: Mimosaceae, […]
Class Dicotyledoneae, dicots, מחלקה דו-פסיגיים Family Tamaricaceae, Tamarisk Family, משפחה אשליים Shrubs, subshrubs, or trees. Leaves small, mostly scale-like, alternate, estipulate, usually sessile, mostly with salt-secreting glands; flowers usually in racemes or panicles, rarely solitary, usually hermaphroditic, regular; calyx 4- or 5-fid, persistent; petals 4 or 5, free; stamens 4, 5, or more numerous; the […]
Trifolium campestre, Hop Clover, Field Clover, Hebrew: תלתן חקלאי, Arabic: قرط أصفر Scientific name: Trifolium campestre Schreb. Common name: Hop Clover, Field Clover Hebrew name: תלתן חקלאי Arabic name: قرط أصفر Plant Family: Papilionaceae, פרפרניים Life form: Therophyte, annual Leaves: Alternate, compound, trifoliate, dentate or serrate Flowers: […]
Gymnospermae (naked seeds, חשופי הזרע), Class Pinopsida, Order Pinales, מחטניים Family Pinaceae, Pine Family, משפחה אורניים Naked seed plants; female cones become elongated, exposing the ovules to the pollen in the wind; after pollination, the scales again cover the ovules, allowing them to ripe into seeds; The Pine Family produces edible seeds that are rich […]
Arabis alpina, Arabis merinoi, Arabis pieninica, Alpine rock-cress, Hebrew: ארביס קווקזי, Arabic: إربس Scientific name: Arabis alpina L. Synonym name: Arabis merinoi Pau>/I. Arabis pieninica Wol. Common name: Alpine rock-cress Hebrew name: ארביס קווקזי Arabic name: إربس Family: Brassicaceae / Cruciferae, Cabbage Family, משפחת המצליבים Life form: Herbaceous-chamaephytic […]
Agathophora alopecuroides, Halogeton alopecuroides, Hebrew: מלחנית הערבות, Arabic: شعران ثعلبي Scientific name: Agathophora alopecuroides (Delile) Bunge Synonym name: Halogeton alopecuroides (Delile) Moq Hebrew name: מלחנית הערבות Arabic name: شعران ثعلبي Family: Chenopodiaceae, סלקיים Life form: Chamaephyte, semi-shrub Succulence: Leaf succulent Leaves: Alternate, cylindrical or terete Flowers: […]
Allium curtum, Dwarf Garlic, Hebrew: שום קצר, Arabic: ثوم قصير Scientific name: Allium curtum Boiss. & Gaill. Common name: Dwarf Garlic Hebrew name: שום קצר Arabic name: ثوم قصير Family: Amaryllidaceae, נרקיסיים Subfamily: Allioideae (formerly treated as a separate family, Alliaceae) Tribe: Allieae (comprises a single genus, Allium) […]
Linum pubescens, Hairy Pink Flax, Hebrew: פשתה שעירה, Arabic: آتان زهري Scientific name: Linum pubescens Banks et Solander Common name: Hairy Pink Flax Hebrew name: פשתה שעירה Arabic name: آتان زهري Family: Linaceae, פשתיים Life form: Annual Stems: Up to 20cm or more in height; 1-2 erect stems […]
Class Dicotyledoneae, dicots, מחלקה דו-פסיגיים Family Cistaceae, Rockrose Family, משפחת הלטמיים Shrubs, subshrubs or herbs; diverse hair types on the calyx, stem and leaf; flower with three large sepals and two smaller or absent sepals; usually five separate petals, but sometimes fewer; numerous stamens, and all these parts are attached at the base of the […]
Class Dicotyledoneae, dicots, מחלקה דו-פסיגיים Family Rosaceae, Rose Family, משפחה ורדיים Leaves, stipulate, oval, serrated; flowers, generally bisexual, regular, 5 sepals, 5 petals, 5 to numerous stamens; several to numerous simple pistils; often swollen receptacle beneath the pistil; the ovary is positioned inferior, semi-inferior, or superior; ovules usually 2 in each carpel, rarely 1 or […]
