Israel wildflowers | Carmel cow parsnip

Synelcosciadium carmeli, Tordylium carmeli, Carmel Cow-parsnip,
Hebrew: דל-קרניים כרמלי, Arabic: طرديلن كرملي

Scientific name:   Synelcosciadium carmeli (Labill.) Boiss.
Synonym name:   Tordylium carmeli (Labill.) Al-Aisawi
Common name:   Carmel cow parsnip
Hebrew name:   דל-קרניים כרמלי
Arabic name:   طرديلن كرملي
Family:   Umbelliferae / Apiaceae, סוככיים


Life form:   hemicryptophyte
Leaves:   Alternate, rosette, dissected, pinnate, crenulate
Flowers:   White
Flowering Period:   April, May, June
Habitat:   Batha, Phrygana
Distribution:   Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon
Chorotype, טיפוס התפוצה:   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.

carmeli, of or from the Carmel.
Synelcosciadium , (= Tordylium L.)
The Hebrew name: דל-קרניים, dal-karnaim dal= poor,thin, weak; karnaim= rays for the inflorescence is sparse, the rays of the awning are few, spacious and spread out, and differing in length.

  • The standard author abbreviation Labill. is used to indicate Jacques Labillardière (1755 – 1834), French naturalist.
  • The standard author abbreviation Al-Aisawi is used to indicate Dawud Al-Eisawi, a Jordanian botanist (the University of Jordan).
  • The standard author abbreviation Boiss. is used to indicate Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810 – 1885), a Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician.