Red stem tooth cup – Israel flowers

Ammannia prieureana, Red stem tooth cup,
אמניה רבת-פרחים

Scientific name:   Ammannia prieureana Guill. et Perr.
Common name:   Red stem tooth cup
Hebrew name:   אמניה רבת-פרחים
Family:   Lythraceae, כפריים


Life form:   Therophyte, annual
Stems:   Erect, glabrous; young branches often 4-angled or narrowly winged
Leaves:   Opposite, entire, smooth
Flowers:   Pink
Fruits / pods:   Capsule globose; Seeds many, golden-brown, obovoid
Flowering Period:   July, August
Habitat:   Humid habitats
Distribution:   Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands
Chorotype:   Tropical
Summer shedding:   Ephemeral


Derivation of the botanical name:

Ammannia, name in honor of Paul Amman (1634-1691), botanist, physiologist and director of the Hortus Medicus at the University of Leipzig.

prieuriana, named after François Mathias René Leprieur ( 1799 – 1870), a French pharmacist and naturalist. The original spelling of the epithet “prieureana” should be corrected to prieuriana.
The Hebrew word: אמניה, Ammannia, transliteration from the scientific name Ammannia.

  • The standard author abbreviation Guill. is used to indicate Jean Baptiste Antoine Guillemin (1796 – 1842), a French botanist.
  • The standard author abbreviation Perr. is used to indicate George Samuel Perrottet (1793 – 1870), a Swiss-born, French botanist and horticulturalist.