Flowering
- Jan1
- Feb2
- Mar3
- Apr4
- May5
- Jun6
- Jul7
- Aug8
- Sep9
- Oct10
- Nov11
- Dec12
Distribution
Geogr. District
- Philistean Plain (V. Rare)
- Samaria (V. Rare)
- Samarian Desert (Common)
- Lower Jordan Valley (Common)
- Shefela (Rare)
- Judean Mountains (V. Rare)
- Judean Desert (V. Rare)
- Dead-Sea Valley (V. Rare)
- Northern Negev (Rare)
- Negev Highlands (Rare)
Vegetation Units
Description & Remarks
Ornamental bulbous plant, 30-70 cm tall, found in desert and arid habitats. Flowers purple. Cultivated as a cut flower. Grows in sandy soils in the northern Negev, in rocky slopes in the Negev Highlands and marl soils in the Jordan Valley. Close to Allium tel-avivense that is shorter, with larger flowering heads and paler pink flowers.
Family
Additional Names
- Hebrew with Vowels:
- שׁוּם אָשֵׁרְסוֹן
תכונות וזיהוי
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צמחי מדבר וערבות, גובה עמוד התפרחת 80-30 (100) ס"מ. צבע העטיף,הזירים והמאבקים ארגמן עמוק. רוחב העלים 4-2 (-5) ס"מ.
- Life form (Raunkiaer):
- geophyte
- Spinescence:
- absent
- Succulence:
- non-succulent
- Summer Shedding:
- ephemeral
- Petal or tepal color:
- Crimson
- Sexuality and Reproductive Morphology:
- Flowers hermaphrodite only
- Sporangia or Seed Homogeneity:
- Homogeneous seeds-fruits
- Flowering Time:
- March
- Leaf arrangement:
- alternate (one leaf per node), rosette
- Leaf Type:
- entire
- Leaf or leaflet margin:
- smooth
- Stipule:
- absent
- Habitat:
- Desert, Shrub-steppes
- Chorotype:
- Irano-Turanian
- Drought Resistence:
- Salt Resistance:
- glycophyte
- Synanthrop:
- obligate natural
Taxonomy
- Superdivision:
- Spermatophyta
- Division:
- Angiospermae
- Class:
- Monocotyledoneae
- Family:
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus:
- Allium