Flora of Israel: Golden Top grass

Lamarckia aurea, Cynosurus aureus, Golden top grass,
Hebrew: משערת זהובה, Arabic: مشعرية


Scientific name:		Lamarckia aurea (L.) Moench
Synonym name:		Cynosurus aureus L.
Common name:		Golden Top grass
Hebrew name:		משערת זהובה
Arabic name:		مشعرية
Family:		Graminea (Poaceae), Grass Family, משפחת הדגניים


Life form:		Therophyte, annual
Leaves:		Alternate, entire
Flowers:		Green
Flowering Period:		January, February, March, April, May
Habitat:		Batha, Phrygana, Shrub-steppes, Desert
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:

Lamarckia, named for Chevalier de Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet (1744–1829), French naturalist.

aurea, golden.
Cynosurus, Greek kynos or kyon, a dog; oura, a tail; dog’s tail.
The Hebrew name: משערת, mis’eret, from שער (= hair); so called in allusion to its long and thin glumes.

The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
The standard author abbreviation Moench is used to indicate Conrad Moench (1744 – 1805), a German botanist.

_{Location: Givat-Hamoreh, Little Hermon – Nebi Dahi}