Buglossoides tenuiflora, Lithospermum tenuiflorum, Gromwell,
גלעינית זעירת-פרחים
|
|
|
|
| | Scientific name: |
| Buglossoides tenuiflora (L. fil) I.M.Johnston |
| Synonym name: |
| Lithospermum tenuiflorum (L. fil) |
| Common name: |
| Gromwell |
| Hebrew name: |
| גלעינית זעירת-פרחים |
| Family: |
| Boraginaceae, זיפניים |
Location: Carmel, Hurshat Ha'arbaim; Date Picture Taken: March 6,2009
|
|
|
| | Life form: |
| Therophyte, annual |
| Leaves: |
| Alternate, simple, smooth |
| Flowers: |
| Blue, white |
| Flowering Period: |
| February, March, April |
| Habitat: |
| Shrub-steppes |
| Distribution: |
| Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts |
| Chorotype: |
| Med - Irano-Turanian |
| Summer shedding: |
| Ephemeral |
| Protected Flower, צמח מוגן: |
| No |
Location: Carmel, Hurshat Ha'arbaim; Date Picture Taken: March 6,2009
Derivation of the botanical name:
Buglossoides, Latin buglossos and Greek bouglossos (bous, ox and glossa, tongue); oides, resembling; refers to the shape and roughness of the leaves.
tenuiflora, tenuis, thin, fine, slim, slender; florus, to bloom, to flower; slender flowered.
Lithospermum , lithos, λιϑοϛ, stone; spermum, seeds; with very hard sonelike seeds. Cromwell, the classical name.
tenuiflorum, as tenuiflora.
- The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
- The standard author abbreviation I.M.Johnston is used to indicate Ivan Murray Johnston (1898–1960), a United States botanist.
|
| | | | |