Lagoecia cuminoides (Common wild cumin)

Lagoecia cuminoides, Common wild cumin,
Hebrew: נוצנית כדורית, Arabic: حشيشة الذهب ,ريشية كروية

Scientific name:   Lagoecia cuminoides L.
Common name:   Common wild cumin
Hebrew name:   נוצנית כדורית
Arabic name:   حشيشة الذهب ,ريشية كروية
Family:   Umbelliferae / Apiaceae, סוככיים


Life form:   Therophyte, annual
Leaves:   Alternate, rosette, compound, pinnate, dentate or serrate
Flowers:   Green, yellow
Flowering Period:   March, April
Habitat:   Batha, Phrygana
Distribution:   Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts
Chorotype:   Mediterranean
Summer shedding:   Ephemeral


Derivation of the botanical name:

Lagoecia, Bastard or Wild Cumin.

cuminoides, cumin and -oides, like, resembling, having the form or nature of cumin.
The Hebrew name: נוצנית, nozanit, from נוצה, noza (=feather, plumage) with suffix -it. ]

  • The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.