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List of endemic flora of Israel refers to flowers, plants and trees endemic to Israel. There are 2,867 known species of plants. Aegilops sharonensis. Allium papillare. Allium telavivense. Anacamptis israelitica. Anthemis brachycarpa. Anthemis leucanthemifolia. Aristida sieberiana.
Narcissus tazetta in Israel. In the Tanakh, among the various native flowers of ancient Israel three flowers are specifically mentioned by name: the shoshan or shoshannah, often translated as lily or rose and likely referring to the white lily; shoshannat ha'amakim (lit. ' lily of the valley '), likely the narcissus; and ḥavatzelet ha-Sharon ...
Anemone coronaria is a herbaceous perennial tuberous plant growing to 20–40 cm (7.9–15.7 in) tall, rarely to 60 cm (24 in), spreading to 15–23 cm (5.9–9.1 in), with a basal rosette of a few leaves, the leaves with three leaflets, each leaflet deeply lobed. The flowers which bloom from April to June are borne singly on a tall stem with a ...
Flowers of Israel. The wildlife of Israel includes the flora and fauna of Israel, which is extremely diverse due to the country's location between the temperate and the tropical zones, bordering the Mediterranean Sea in the west and the desert in the east. Species such as the Syrian brown bear and the Arabian ostrich have become extinct in ...
The Judean date palm at Ketura, Israel, nicknamed Methuselah. The Judean date palm is a date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) grown in Judea.It is not clear whether there was ever a single distinct Judean cultivar, but dates grown in the region have had distinctive reputations for thousands of years, and the date palm was anciently regarded as a symbol of the region and its fertility.
The Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), also called sunroot, sunchoke, wild sunflower, [3] topinambur, [3] or earth apple, is a species of sunflower native to central North America. [4][5] It is cultivated widely across the temperate zone for its tuber, which is used as a root vegetable. [6]
WGSRPD code: PAL-IS (level 4) This category contains articles related to the flora of Israel. It includes flora taxa that are native to Israel. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. For the purposes of this category, "Israel" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for ...
National Botanic Garden of Israel (officially Montague Lamport Botanical Garden for the Native Plants of Israel) Hebrew: הגן הבוטני לצמחי ארץ ישראל ע"ש מונטג'יו למפורט), is a botanical garden located on the Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Its herbarium and Institution Code is HUJ. [1]