Israel flowers: Oriental celsia

Verbascum orientale, Celsia orientalis, Oriental celsia,
Hebrew: בוצין מזרחי, Arabic: البوصير المشرقي


Scientific name:		Verbascum orientale (L.) All.
Synonym name:		Celsia orientalis L.
Common name:		Oriental celsia
Hebrew name:		בוצין מזרחי
Arabic name:		البوصير المشرقي
Family:		Scrophulariaceae, לועניתיים

_{Location: Givat-Hamoreh, Little Hermon – Nebi Dahi, גבעת המורה ,נבי דחי}


Life form:		Annual
Stems:		Puberulent to glabrescent below, glandular-puberulent above; stem 15-70cm
Leaves:		Alternate, rosette, entire, dentate or serrate
Inflorescence:		lax, simple
Flowers:		Hermaphrodite, Yellow
Fruits / pods:		Capsule, 4-7mm, ellipsoid
Flowering Period:		March, April
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

_{Location: Givat-Hamoreh, Little Hermon – Nebi Dahi, גבעת המורה ,נבי דחי}
Derivation of the botanical name:

Verbascum, mullein; corrupted form of barbascum, from the Latin barba (a beard), in allusion to the shaggy foliage; the ancient Latin name for this plant.

orientale, “eastern, oriental”; of the East.
The Hebrew name: בוצין, busin, Aramaic בוצינא, būṣīnā, a wick, a lamp, because of the shape of the flower.
Celsia, named for Olof Celsius (the elder) (1670 – 1756), a Swedish botanist, philologist and clergyman. He was a professor at Uppsala University, Sweden.

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 All. is used to indicate Carlo Allioni (1728 – 1804), an Italian physician and professor of botany at the University of Turin.

_{Location: Givat-Hamoreh, Little Hermon – Nebi Dahi, גבעת המורה ,נבי דחי}