Israel flowers: Hairy-seeded Chervil
Chaetosciadium trichospermum, Hairy-seeded Chervil,
שערור שעיר
| Scientific name: | Chaetosciadium trichospermum (L.) Boiss. | |
| Common name: | Hairy-seeded Chervil | |
| Hebrew name: | שערור שעיר | |
| Plant Family: | Umbelliferae / Apiaceae, סוככיים |
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| Life form: | Annual | |
| Stems: | Apressed-hairy, dichotomous from base (repeated branching into two equal parts) | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, dissected, pinnate leaf arrangement, dentate or serrate | |
| Flowers: | Pink, white | |
| Fruits / pods: | Fruit oblong; mericarps all irregularly covered with long bristles | |
| Flowering Period: | March, April | |
| 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: | Mediterranean | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
 Derivation of the botanical name: Chaetosciadium, chaete, χαιτη, long, loose, or flowing hair; skiadion, skiadeion, umbel, parasol. trichospermum, ϑριξ, τριχοϛ, hair, wool, bristle; -spermus, -seeded; hairy-seeded.
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