Israel flowers: Wrinkled gold-of-pleasure

Rapistrum rugosum, Wrinkled gold-of-pleasure, Bastard Cabbage, Turnip weed, Wild turnip,

Hebrew: בקבוקון מקומט, Arabic: قرة الماء


Scientific name:		Rapistrum rugosum (L.) All.
Common name:		Wrinkled gold-of-pleasure, Bastard Cabbage,Turnip weed, Wild turnip
Hebrew name:		בקבוקון מקומט
Arabic name:		قرة الماء
Family:		Cruciferae / Brassicaceae, מצליבים

_{Location: Bene Zion Nature Reserve}


Life form:		Therophyte, annual
Leaves:		Alternate, dissected, dentate or serrate
Flowers:		Yellow
Flowering Period:		January, February, March, April, May
Habitat:		Batha, Phrygana
Distribution:		Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon
Chorotype:		Med – Irano-Turanian
Summer shedding:		Ephemeral

_{Location: Bene Zion Nature Reserve}
Derivation of the botanical name:

Rapistrum, Greek rhapis, “rape,” and astrum, “appearance.”

rugosum, wrinkled.
The Hebrew name: בקבוקון , bakbukon, flask, bottle , because of the shape of the fruit.

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: Bene Zion Nature Reserve}