Israel wildflowers: Lotus sweetjuice

Glaucium leiocarpum, Glaucium oxylobum, Lotus sweetjuice,
Hebrew: פרגה חדת-אונות ,פרגה קירחת, Arabic: الماميثا حادة الفصوص


Scientific name:		Glaucium leiocarpum Boiss.
Synonym name:		Glaucium oxylobum Boiss. & Buhse
Common name:		Lotus sweetjuice
Hebrew name:		פרגה חדת-אונות ,פרגה קירחת
Arabic name:		الماميثا حادة الفصوص
Family:		Papaveraceae, Poppy family, פרגיים

_{Location: Hermon}


Life form:		Hemicryptophyte
Stems:		Up to 40 cm in height; leafy, sometimes becoming woody at base
Leaves:		Opposite, dissected once, dentate or serrate
Inflorescence:		Axillary or terminal , 1-flowered
Flowers:		Orange, red, hermaphrodite only
Fruits / pods:		Capsules smooth in lower parts , slightly constricted between the seeds
Flowering Period:		May, June, July, August
Habitat:		Tragacanth shrub vegetation (Oro-Mediterranean), Disturbed habitats
Distribution:		Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon
Chorotype:		Med – Irano-Turanian
Summer shedding:		Ephemeral

_{Location: Hermon}
Derivation of the botanical name:

Glaucium , Greek glaukos, grayish-green; from the color of the leaves.

leiocarpum,leios, λειοϛ, smooth; carpos, καρποϛ, fruit; smooth fruit.
oxylobum, oxys, οξυϛ, sharp, pointed; lobus, λοβοϛ, Greek: lobe of the ear; late Latin: husk, pod; pointed lobes.

The standard author abbreviation Boiss. is used to indicate Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810 – 1885), a Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician.
The standard author abbreviation Buhse is used to indicate Friedrich Alexander Buhse (1821 – 1898), a Baltic botanist.

_{Location: Hermon}