Israel flowers: Cow parsnip

Ainsworthia trachycarpa, Tordylium trachycarpum, Cow parsnip,
Hebrew: סלסילה מצויה, Arabic: طرديلن خشن الثمار

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Scientific name:   Ainsworthia trachycarpa Boiss.
Synonym name:   Tordylium trachycarpum (Boiss.) Al-Eisawi & Jury
Common name:   Cow parsnip
Hebrew name:   סלסילה מצויה
Arabic name:   طرديلن خشن الثمار
Plant Family:   Umbelliferae / Apiaceae, סוככיים

Life form:   Therophyte, annual
Stems:   50-35cm
Leaves:   Alternate, rosette, entire, dissected, pinnate, dentate or serrate, crenulate
Flowers:   White
Flowering Period:   March, April, May, June
Habitat:   Batha, Phrygana
Distribution:   Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon
Chorotype:   Mediterranean
Summer shedding:   Ephemeral


Derivation of the botanical name:

Tordylium,derived from a turning-lathe, and to turn; it is the Τορδυλιον of the Greeks; Hart-wort.

Ainsworthianamed for Geoffrey Clough Ainsworth (1905–1998), a British mycologist.
trachycarpa, trachys, τραχυϛ, “rough, rugged, rocky”, carpos, καρποϛ, “fruit”; meaning rough seeded.

  • The standard author abbreviation Boiss. is used to indicate Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810 – 1885), a Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician.
  • The standard author abbreviation Al-Eisawi is used to indicate Dawud al-Eisawi, a professor of botany at the University of Jordan.
  • The standard author abbreviation Jury is used to indicate Dr Stephen Jury , The University of Reading, School of Plant Sciences; UK.