Flora of Israel: Common pennywort

Umbilicus intermedius, Cotyledon intermedius, Common pennywort,

Hebrew: טבורית נטויה, Arabic: عصا الراعي


Scientific name:		Umbilicus intermedius Boiss.
Synonym name:		Cotyledon intermedius (Boiss.) Bornm.
Common name:		Common pennywort
Hebrew name:		טבורית נטויה
Arabic name:		عصا الراعي
Plant Family:		Crassulaceae, טבוריתיים

_{Location: Banias}


Life form:		Geophyte
Succulence:		Leaf succulent
Stems:		stem 20-50 cm
Leaves:		Alternate, rosette; entire leaftype; dentate or serrate; succulent
Flowers:		White, yellow; racemes 10-16 cm
Fruits / pods:		Follicle, 5-6mm, narrowly boat-shaped; seeds dark brown c.0.5 mm
Flowering Period:		March, April, June
Habitat:		Shady walls or in damp rock crevices
Distribution:		Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon
Chorotype:		Med – Irano-Turanian
Summer shedding		Ephemeral

Derivation of the botanical name:

Umbilicus, navel.

intermedius, intermediate.
Cotyledon, Greek kotylēdṓn, kotýlē, cotule, cup, a cuplike hollow, a cavity, from the cup-like leaves of some species.

The standard author abbreviation Boiss. is used to indicate Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810 – 1885), a Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician.
The standard author abbreviation Bornm. is used to indicate Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller (1862 – 1948), a German botanist.

_{Location: Hermon Stream Nature Reserve}