Israel wildflowers | Jerusalem Fenugreek
Trigonella kotschyi, Trigonella hierosolymitana, Jerusalem Fenugreek,
Hebrew: גרגרנית ירושלים, Arabic: حلبة برية
| Scientific name: | Trigonella kotschyi Boiss. | |
| Synonym name: | Trigonella hierosolymitana Boiss. | |
| Common name: | Jerusalem Fenugreek | |
| Hebrew name: | גרגרנית ירושלים | |
| Arabic name: | حلبة برية | |
| Family: | Papilionaceae, פרפרניים |
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| Life form: | Annual | |
| Stems: | 12-20cm | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, compound, trifoliate, dentate or serrate | |
| Flowers: | Inflorescence 10-14 flowers; Yellow | |
| Fruits / pods: | Allantoid-Oblong; yellow with black point; aculeate-Verrucate | |
| Flowering Period: | March, April | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands | |
| Chorotype, טיפוס התפוצה: | Mediterranean | |
| 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
kotschyi, named for Carl George Theodor Kotschy (1813 – 1866), an Austrian botanist and explorer.
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