Glebionis roxburghii, Crown Daisy,
Hebrew: חרצית עטורה, Arabic: أقحوان كبير , بسباس , بسوم
| Scientific name: | Chrysanthemum coronarium L. | |
| Synonym name: | Glebionis coronarium (L.) Cass. ex Spach, Glebionis roxburghii (Desf.) Tzvelev | |
| Common name: | Crown Daisy, Garland daisy | |
| Hebrew name: | חרצית עטורה | |
| Arabic name: | أقحوان كبير , بسباس , بسوم | |
| Plant Family: | Compositae / Asteraceae, מורכבים |
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| Life form: | Annual | |
| Stems: | 20-70 cm, simple or branched, slightly glaucous, erect, glabrous | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, dissected twice or more | |
| Inflorescence: | A head, each resembling a flower, 1–many, generally arrayed in cymes | |
| Flowers: | 4-6 cm in diameter, yellow ray and yellow tube flowers | |
| Fruits / pods: | Achenes subterete or obovoid, faintly 5-8-ribbed; covered with sessile, non-mucilaginous glands; achenes of ligulate flowers with an adaxial wing; pappus absent | |
| Flowering Period: | February, March, April, May | |
| Habitat: | Ruderal | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts | |
| Chorotype: | Mediterranean | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
Derivation of the botanical name: Chrysanthemum (Plinius), Greek chrysos "gold" and anthemon "flower," referring to the color of the capitula. coronarium, corona (Latin), "crown"; coronaria, used for garlands, or pertaining for garlands. Glebionis, from the Latin gleba, "soil," and -ionis, "characteristic of," of uncertain application. The hebrew name Charzit, חרצית, from Charutz, חרוץ [Ugaritic cheritz; Canaanite: cheritz; Arabic: churtz (gold earring); charutz is the source of the Greek chrysos (Χρύσος/khrysos): also meaning gold.
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