Flowers in Israel | Caralluma sinaica
Caralluma sinaica, Caralluma maris-mortui, Caudanthera sinaica , Boucerosia sinaica,
Hebrew: אצבוע ים-המלח, Arabic: دد الكلبة (Dadal Kalbah), الغلثى (Ghali)
| Scientific name: | Caralluma sinaica (Decne.) A.Berger | |
| Synonym name: | Caralluma maris-mortui Zohary, Caudanthera sinaica (Decne.) Plowes, Boucerosia sinaica Decne. | |
| Common name: | Caralluma sinaica | |
| Hebrew name: | אצבוע ים-המלח | |
| Arabic name: | دد الكلبة (Dadal Kalbah), الغلثى (Ghali) | |
| Family: | Asclepiadaceae, Milkweed Family, משפחת האסקלפיים |
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| Life form: | Non-woody perennial | |
| Spinescence: | Absent | |
| Succulence: | Succulent | |
| Stems: | Ascending-erect, richly branched, shrubby, forming mats or clumps, grey, quadrangular | |
| Leaves: | No leaves | |
| Inflorescence: | The flowers are carried on stakes as long as the calyx | |
| Flowers: | Hermaphrodite only, yellow | |
| Fruits / pods: | Grey-green spotted with purple | |
| Flowering Period: | April, May | |
| Habitat: | Hard rock outcrops | |
| Distribution: | Shrub-steppes, Deserts, Semi-steppe shrublands | |
| Chorotype: | Saharo-Arabian | |
| Summer shedding: | Perennating |
 Derivation of the botanical name: Caralluma from the Arabian, “qarh al-luhum‟, meaning wound in the flesh or abscess, probably from the floral odor in some taxa. sinaica from Sinai.
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