Hebrew: אליסון זיפני ,אליסון מצוי, Arabic: الأليس الهزيل
| Scientific name: | Alyssum strigosum Banks & Sol. | |
| Synonym name: | Alyssum minus (L.) Rothm. var. strigosum (Banks & Sol.) Zohary | |
| Common name: | Alyssum | |
| Hebrew name: | אליסון זיפני ,אליסון מצוי | |
| Arabic name: | الأليس الهزيل | |
| Family: | Cruciferae / Brassicaceae, מצליבים |
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| Life form: | Annual | |
| Stems: | Ascending, up to 40 cm tall | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, entire, smooth | |
| Flowers: | Yellow | |
| Fruits / pods: | 4–5 mm, round; hairs of 2 kinds (once-forked, and stellate); generally glabrous; seed winged | |
| Flowering Period: | January, February, March | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon | |
| Chorotype: | Med - Irano-Turanian | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
Derivation of the botanical name: Alyssum, alysson, αλυσσον, Greek, a, not or against; lyssa, rage or madness; a plant described by Discoroides that cures hiccups, by others to heal madness and rabies. strigosum, striga, a straight rigid close pressed rather short bristle-like hair, strigosus, covered with strigae; bristled minus, less; smaller. The Hebrew word: אליסון, alysson, transliteration from New Latin, from Latin, from ălyssŏn, from Ancient Greek ἄλυσσον (alusson).
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