Aaronsohnia factorovskyi, Faktorowsky's Aaronsonia,
אהרונסוניית פקטורי ,אהרונסוניית פקטורובסקי
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| | Scientific name: |
| Aaronsohnia factorovskyi Warb. & Eig |
| Common name: |
| Faktorowsky's Aaronsonia |
| Hebrew name: |
| אהרונסוניית פקטורי ,אהרונסוניית פקטורובסקי |
| Family: |
| Compositae / Asteraceae, מורכבים |
Date Picture Taken: May 21, 2007
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| | Life form: |
| Therophyte, annual |
| Leaves: |
| Alternate, dissected once |
| Flowers: |
| Yellow |
| Flowering Period: |
| March, April |
| Habitat: |
| Shrub-steppes, Desert |
| Distribution: |
| Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts |
| Chorotype, טיפוס התפוצה: |
| Saharo-Arabian |
| Summer shedding: |
| Ephemeral |
Date Picture Taken: May 21, 2007
Derivation of the botanical name:
Aaronsohnia_factorovskyi, named after the agronomist Aaron Aaronsohn (1876 - 1919), a Jewish agronomist, botanist, and Zionist activist.
factorovskyi, in honor of Eliezer Faktorovsky, a Russian-born Palestine botanist and close friend of Alexander Eig (1894 - 1938).
- The standard author abbreviation Warb. is used to indicate Otto Warburg (1859 – 1938), a botanist and industrial agriculture expert and an active member of the Zionist Organization, which worked toward the re-establishment of Israel.
- The standard author abbreviation Eig. is used to indicate Alexander Eig (1894 – 1938), a botanist, one of the first plant researchers in Israel, head of department for Botanics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and co-founder of Jerusalem Botanical Gardens on Mount Scopus.
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