Flowering
- Jan1
- Feb2
- Mar3
- Apr4
- May5
- Jun6
- Jul7
- Aug8
- Sep9
- Oct10
- Nov11
- Dec12
Description & Remarks
A typical plant of wind swept slopes of the peaks of Mt Hermon and Lebanon mountains. Resistant to strong winds, drought, snow cover for long times and goat grazing. The whole Genus includes species that are important and often dominant in the tragacanth vegetation of the Levant (Middle East) mountains.
Family
Additional Names
- English:
- Prickly Thrift (A.echinus)
- Hebrew with Vowels:
- חַדְעַד הַלְּבָנוֹן
- French:
- acantholimon du Liban
- English:
- Lebanon prickly-thrift
תכונות וזיהוי
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צבע העלים ירוק-מכחיל, רוחבם 2-1.5 מ"מ. צבע הפרחים ורוד בהיר.
- Life form (Raunkiaer):
- chamaephyte
- Spinescence:
- leaves
- Succulence:
- non-succulent
- Summer Shedding:
- perennating
- Petal or tepal color:
- pink
- Sexuality and Reproductive Morphology:
- Flowers hermaphrodite only
- Sporangia or Seed Homogeneity:
- Homogeneous seeds-fruits
- Flowering Time:
- July
- Leaf arrangement:
- alternate (one leaf per node)
- Leaf Type:
- entire
- Leaf or leaflet margin:
- smooth
- Stipule:
- absent
- Habitat:
- Tragacanth shrub vegetation (Oro-Mediterranean)
- Chorotype:
- Oro Mediterranean
- Drought Resistence:
- Salt Resistance:
- glycophyte
- Synanthrop:
- obligate natural
Taxonomy
- Superdivision:
- Spermatophyta
- Division:
- Angiospermae
- Class:
- Dicotyledoneae
- Family:
- Plumbaginaceae
- Genus:
- Acantholimon