Campanula sulphurea, Yellow Bellflower,
Hebrew: פעמונית גפורה, Arabic: الجرسية الصفراء

Scientific name:		Campanula sulphurea Boiss.
Common name:		Yellow Bellflower
Hebrew name:		פעמונית גפורה
Arabic name:		الجرسية الصفراء
Plant Family:		Campanulaceae, פעמוניתיים

Location: Bene Zion Nature Reserve

Life form:		Therophyte, annual
Stems:		Erect trailing or decumbent, glabrous, pubescent, or hirsute
Leaves:		Alternate, entire, smooth
Flowers:		Yellow
Fruits / pods:		Capsule, elongated to ovoid , obovoid or round, with membranous walls; dehiscence by irregular pores at the bases or the sides; seeds minute, numerous
Flowering Period:		February, March, April, May
Habitat:		Sand
Distribution:		Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts
Chorotype:		Mediterranean
Summer shedding:		Ephemeral

Location: Bene Zion Nature Reserve Derivation of the botanical name: Campanula, campana, campan, "bell" (church); Campanula (bell) shaped, referring to the corolla shape. sulphurea, Sulphur-yellow. The Hebrew name: pa'amonit, פעמונית, from pa'amon, פעמון, bell. The flowers look like bells. The standard author abbreviation Boiss. is used to indicate Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810–1885), a Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician. Location: Netanya, Sergeants Grove Location: Netanya, Sergeants Grove