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







Geogr. District
- Judean Desert (V. Rare)
- Dead-Sea Valley (Common)
- Negev Highlands (Rare)
- Southern Negev (Rare)
- Arava Valley (Common)
- Edom (Rare)
Vegetation Units
Description & Remarks
@More on this species in [useful_plants_c2 “Useful Plants” chapter C part 2], November 2007.
Family
Additional Names
- Hebrew with Vowels:
- אָהָל מְגֻשָּׁם
- Synonym (Scientific):
- Mesembryanthemum forsskalii Hochst. ex Boiss.
- Life form (Raunkiaer):
- annual
- Spinescence:
- absent
- Succulence:
- stem + leaf succulent
- Summer Shedding:
- ephemeral
- Petal or tepal color:
- white, Cream
- Sexuality and Reproductive Morphology:
- Flowers hermaphrodite only
- Sporangia or Seed Homogeneity:
- Homogeneous seeds-fruits
- Flowering Time:
- April, May, March
- Leaf arrangement:
- opposite (two leaves per node)
- Leaf Type:
- cylindrical or terete
- Leaf or leaflet margin:
- other
- Stipule:
- absent
- Habitat:
- Desert, Thermophilous plants
- Chorotype:
- Sudanian
- Drought Resistence:
- Salt Resistance:
- halophyte
- Synanthrop:
- obligate natural