Flowering
- Jan1
- Feb2
- Mar3
- Apr4
- May5
- Jun6
- Jul7
- Aug8
- Sep9
- Oct10
- Nov11
- Dec12
Distribution
Geogr. District
- Judean Desert (Common)
- Dead-Sea Valley (Common)
- Negev Highlands (V. Rare)
- Southern Negev (V. Rare)
Vegetation Units
Description & Remarks
A perennial desert succulent. Stems are thick, 4 angled, silvery, narrowing toward their end (unlike C. europaea). The stems are fragile, they break and root in new sites. The flowers develop on the upper narrow part of the stems. Corolla is yellowish to flesh coloured, petals narrowed and hairy.
Family
Additional Names
- Hebrew with Vowels:
- אֶצְבּוֹעַ יַם=הַמֶּלַח
- Synonym (Scientific):
- Caralluma maris-mortui Zohary
תכונות וזיהוי
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הפירות נישאים על קצה הגבעול הדק
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הכותרת פעמונית, בעלת שערות ארוכות בצידה העליון, אונותיה מחודדות; העטרה כפולה, אונות העטרה הפנימית נוגעות בצלקת
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הגבעולים מעובים ובשרניים, בעלי 4 מקצועות, מצטררים כלפי מעלה. צבע הכותרת צהבהב, אונות הכותרת מצטררות באמצעיתן.
- Life form (Raunkiaer):
- hemicryptophyte
- Spinescence:
- absent
- Succulence:
- stem succulent
- Summer Shedding:
- perennating
- Petal or tepal color:
- yellow
- Sexuality and Reproductive Morphology:
- Flowers hermaphrodite only
- Sporangia or Seed Homogeneity:
- Homogeneous seeds-fruits
- Flowering Time:
- April, January, May, March, February
- Leaf arrangement:
- opposite (two leaves per node)
- Leaf Type:
- entire
- Leaf or leaflet margin:
- smooth
- Stipule:
- absent
- Habitat:
- Hard rock outcrops
- Chorotype:
- Saharo-Arabian
- Drought Resistence:
- Salt Resistance:
- glycophyte
- Synanthrop:
- obligate natural
Taxonomy
- Superdivision:
- Spermatophyta
- Division:
- Angiospermae
- Class:
- Dicotyledoneae
- Family:
- Asclepiadaceae
- Genus:
- Caralluma
