Flowering
- Jan1
- Feb2
- Mar3
- Apr4
- May5
- Jun6
- Jul7
- Aug8
- Sep9
- Oct10
- Nov11
- Dec12
Distribution








Geogr. District
- Philistean Plain (Rare)
- Shefela (Rare)
- Judean Mountains (Rare)
- Northern Negev (V. Common)
- Western Negev (V. Rare)
- Negev Highlands (Common)
- Moav (Common)
Vegetation Units
Description & Remarks
Family
Additional Names
- Hebrew with Vowels:
- חוֹחָן אֲלֶכְּסַנְדְּרוֹנִי
תכונות וזיהוי
- Life form (Raunkiaer):
- hemicryptophyte
- Spinescence:
- bracts, leaves
- Succulence:
- non-succulent
- Summer Shedding:
- ephemeral
- Petal or tepal color:
- Crimson, pink
- Sexuality and Reproductive Morphology:
- Flowers hermaphrodite only
- Sporangia or Seed Homogeneity:
- Homogeneous seeds-fruits
- Flowering Time:
- April, May, March
- Leaf arrangement:
- alternate (one leaf per node), rosette
- Leaf Type:
- dissected, pinnate
- Leaf or leaflet margin:
- dentate or serrate
- Stipule:
- absent
- Habitat:
- Shrub-steppes
- Chorotype:
- Irano-Turanian - Saharo-Arabian
- Drought Resistence:
- Salt Resistance:
- glycophyte
- Synanthrop:
- mostly natural, also synanthropic
Taxonomy
- Superdivision:
- Spermatophyta
- Division:
- Angiospermae
- Class:
- Dicotyledoneae
- Family:
- Compositae (Asteraceae)
- Genus:
- Onopordum