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The sole species within this genus, Sarcopoterium spinosum, is common to the southeast Mediterranean region [2] and the Middle East. [3] In English it is known as the prickly, spiny, or thorny burnet [4] It is a perennial bush with small flowers in inflorescence.
Calicotome spinosa, the thorny broom or spiny broom, is a very spiny, densely branched shrub of the family Fabaceae which can reach up to three metres in height. It grows in the Western Mediterranean region on sunny slopes and dry, rocky ground.
The florets were used in ancient times to flavor sesame oil. Al-Tamimi, the physician (10th century), describing the process, writes that in Syria it was commonly practiced to collect the yellow florets of the spiny broom (Arabic: القندول), spread them upon thickly woven sackcloth laid out in the hot sun, pour over them hulled sesame seeds and cover them with linen sheets, while leaving ...
Paliurus spina-christi, commonly known as Jerusalem thorn, garland thorn, Christ's thorn, or crown of thorns, is a species of Paliurus native to the Mediterranean region, Southwest Asia and Central Asia, from Morocco and Spain east to Iran and Tajikistan. [1] [2]
[1] [3] This is equivalent to about 40% of the plant species of the United States and Canada combined, found within an area the size of the state of Maine. The fynbos and Southwest Australia shrublands have flora that are significantly more diverse than the other ecoregions, although any Mediterranean shrubland is still rich in species and ...
Euphorbia acanthothamnos, is a species of flowering plant, belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae. [1] [2] ... It is endemic to the eastern Mediterranean, Crete ...