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




























Geogr. District
- Golan (Common)
- Lower Galilee (V. Rare)
- Kinnroth Valley (V. Common)
- Mt. Carmel (Common)
- Mt. Gilboa (V. Rare)
- Bet Shean Valley (Common)
- Coastal Galilee (V. Rare)
- Acco Plain (Common)
- Coast of Carmel (V. Common)
- Sharon Plain (V. Common)
- Philistean Plain (Common)
- Samaria (Rare)
- Samarian Desert (V. Common)
- Lower Jordan Valley (V. Common)
- Shefela (Rare)
- Judean Mountains (Rare)
- Judean Desert (V. Common)
- Dead-Sea Valley (V. Common)
- Northern Negev (Common)
- Western Negev (V. Common)
- Negev Highlands (V. Common)
- Southern Negev (V. Common)
- Arava Valley (V. Common)
- Gilead (Common)
- Ammon (V. Common)
- Moav (Common)
- Edom (V. Common)
Vegetation Units
Description & Remarks
@More on this species in postcard no. 4 from South America, February 2007.
Family
Additional Names
- Arabic Name:
- ratam
- Hebrew with Vowels:
- רֹתֶם הַמִּדְבָּר
תכונות וזיהוי
- Life form (Raunkiaer):
- phanerophyte shrub
- 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:
- April, March, February
- Leaf arrangement:
- alternate (one leaf per node)
- Leaf Type:
- entire
- Leaf or leaflet margin:
- smooth
- Stipule:
- absent
- Habitat:
- Sand
- Chorotype:
- Saharo-Arabian
- Drought Resistence:
- Salt Resistance:
- glycophyte
- Synanthrop:
- obligate natural
Taxonomy
- Superdivision:
- Spermatophyta
- Division:
- Angiospermae
- Class:
- Dicotyledoneae
- Family:
- Papilionaceae
- Genus:
- Retama