Israel wildflowers: Goat’s Beard
Geropogon hybridus, Goat’s Beard, Hairless Goatsbeard, Smooth Goatsbeard, Slender Salsify ,
Hebrew: זקן-סב מצוי, Arabic: شنگوش
| Scientific name: | Geropogon hybridus (L.) Schultz Bip. | |
| Common name: | Goat’s Beard, Hairless Goatsbeard, Smooth Goatsbeard, Slender Salsify | |
| Hebrew name: | זקן-סב מצוי | |
| Arabic name: | شنگوش | |
| Family: | Compositae / Asteraceae, מורכבים |
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| Life form: | Annual | |
| Stems: | 20-80cm high, channelled, glabrous, leafy, branched or unbranched | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, rosette, entire | |
| Inflorescence: | Capitula solitary, terminal | |
| Flowers: | Peduncle hollow or swollen below heads; involucre at flowering campanulate; involucral bracts linear or linear-ovate, c.3cm long, 2.5-3.0 mm wide, acuminate, glabrous; corolla ligulate, pink or violet; tube c.3.5 mm long, glabrous; ligule 12.0-14.0 mm long, c.3.0 mm wide | |
| Fruits / pods: | Achene; outer achenes without an annulus and with a pappus of scabrid, rigid hairs | |
| Flowering Period: | April, May | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon | |
| Chorotype: | Med – Irano-Turanian | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
 Derivation of the botanical name: Geropogon, Greek geron, old man; pogon, beard; Old Man’s Beard. hybridus, mixed; hybrid.
Location: Pura Nature Reserve, שמורת פורה |
