Flora of Israel: Matthiola livida

Matthiola livida, Matthiola longipetala subsp. livida, Livid Stock,
Hebrew: מנתור המדבר, Arabic: chagar


Scientific name:		Matthiola livida (Delile) DC.
Synonym name:		Matthiola longipetala subsp. livida (Delile)
Common name:		Livid Stock
Hebrew name:		מנתור המדבר
Arabic name:		chagar
Family:		Cruciferae / Brassicaceae, מצליבים

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Life form:		Annual
Stems:		Plant covered with simple, glandular and dendroid hairs
Leaves:		Alternate, entire, dentate or serrate, covered with stellate (arranged in a star) hairs
Inflorescence:		Cymose
Flowers:		Pink
Fruits / pods:		Siliqua, seeds in one row in each loculus
Flowering Period:		January, February, March, April
Habitat:		Desert, Shrub-steppes
Distribution:		Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts
Chorotype:		Saharo-Arabian
Summer shedding:		Ephemeral

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Derivation of the botanical name:

Matthiola named after Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1501 – 1577), a doctor and naturalist born in Siena.

livida, lead-colored; bluish-grey.
The Hebrew name: מנתור, mantur, of uncertain origin: probably influenced by its scientific name Matthiola.

The standard author abbreviation Delile is used to indicate Alire Raffeneau Delile (1778 – 1850), a French botanist.
The standard author abbreviation DC. is used to indicate Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778 – 1841), ,a Swiss botanist.

_{Location: Holot Haluza}