Israel wildflowers | Arabian Fenugreek
Trigonella arabica, Arabian Fenugreek,
Hebrew: גרגרנית ערבית, Arabic: الحلبة العربية
| Scientific name: | Trigonella arabica Delile | |
| Common name: | Arabian Fenugreek | |
| Hebrew name: | גרגרנית ערבית | |
| Arabic name: | الحلبة العربية | |
| Plant, Family: | Papilionaceae, פרפרניים |
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| Life form: | Annual | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, compound, trifoliate | |
| Flowers: | White | |
| Flowering Period: | February, March, April | |
| Habitat: | Shrub-steppes, Desert | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts | |
| Chorotype: | Saharo-Arabian | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
 Derivation of the botanical name: Trigonella, a diminutive of the Latin trigonum, “triangle or three-cornered,” referring to the corolla of one of the species.
arabica, Arabian.
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