Israel wildflowers: Jaffa Groundsel

Derivation of the botanical name:

Senecio, Latin senex, old man; from the vhoary pappus of these herbs. referring to the gray hairs on the seeds.

glaucus, γλαυκοϛ bright, sparkling, gleaming; grayish, bluish-green (for plants, a white bloom on a leaf giving a gray-green appearance).
joppensis, from Jaffo, Israel.
The Hebrew name: סביון, savion, from סב, sav (=old man); loan translation of the scientific name Senecio, from latin senecio, (=groundsel), from senex (=old man).

• The standard author abbreviation Dinsmore is used to indicate John Edward Dinsmore (1862 – 1951), who moved from Maine to Jerusalem in the 1890’s to join a Protestant commune called The American Colony.