Flowering
- Jan1
- Feb2
- Mar3
- Apr4
- May5
- Jun6
- Jul7
- Aug8
- Sep9
- Oct10
- Nov11
- Dec12
Distribution
Geogr. District
- Mt. Hermon (V. Rare)
- Golan (Common)
- Hula Plain (V. Rare)
- Upper Galilee (Common)
- Lower Galilee (Rare)
- Kinnroth Valley (Common)
- Mt. Carmel (V. Rare)
- Mt. Gilboa (V. Rare)
- Bet Shean Valley (Common)
- Samaria (Rare)
- Samarian Desert (Rare)
- Judean Mountains (Common)
- Judean Desert (V. Rare)
- Gilead (Common)
- Ammon (V. Rare)
- Moav (V. Rare)
- Edom (Common)
Vegetation Units
Description & Remarks
The wild almond of the arid edges of the Mediterranean region, such as the eastern Galilee above the Hula Valley, Samaria Desert and a few cliffs of the eastern Judean Mountains and Edom mountains (S Jordan). Considered to be the wild progenitor of the cultivated almond in the Middle East.
Family
Additional Names
- Hebrew with Vowels:
- שָׁקֵד קְטַן-עָלִים
תכונות וזיהוי
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שיחים או נדירות עצים הגדלים באשדות המזרחיים של הרי-יהודה, השומרון, הגלבוע והגליל.
- Life form (Raunkiaer):
- tree
- Spinescence:
- absent
- Succulence:
- non-succulent
- Summer Shedding:
- perennating
- Petal or tepal color:
- white
- Sexuality and Reproductive Morphology:
- Flowers hermaphrodite only
- Sporangia or Seed Homogeneity:
- Homogeneous seeds-fruits
- Flowering Time:
- March, February
- Leaf arrangement:
- alternate (one leaf per node)
- Leaf Type:
- entire
- Leaf or leaflet margin:
- dentate or serrate
- Stipule:
- present
- Habitat:
- Mediterranean maquis and forest, Hard rock outcrops
- Chorotype:
- Irano-Turanian
- Drought Resistence:
- Salt Resistance:
- glycophyte
- Synanthrop:
- obligate natural
