Echium judaeum, Judean Viper's-bugloss,
עכנאי יהודי, ححمحم الغور
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| | Scientific name: |
| Echium judaeum Lacaita |
| Common name: |
| Judean Viper's-bugloss |
| Hebrew name: |
| עכנאי יהודי |
| Arabic name: |
| ححمحم الغور |
| Family: |
| Boraginaceae, זיפניים |
Date Picture Taken: April 8, 2007
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| | Life form: |
| Therophyte, annual |
| Leaves: |
| Alternate, entire |
| Flowers: |
| Blue, violet |
| Flowering Period: |
| March, April |
| Habitat: |
| Batha, Phrygana, Shrub-steppes, Desert |
| Distribution: |
| Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts |
| Chorotype: |
| Mediterranean |
| Summer shedding: |
| Ephemeral |
Date Picture Taken: April 8, 2007
Derivation of the botanical name:
Echium, echis, "a viper," the nutlets appearing to represent a viper's head.
judaeum from Latin Judaeum, from Greek Ioudaios, from Aramaic jehudhai (Heb. y'hudi "Jew," from Y'hudah "Judah," lit. "celebrated," name of Jacob's fourth son and of the tribe descended from him; Jew.
Bugloss(Greek origin), means ox tongue, apparently because of the roughness of the leaves.
- The standard author abbreviation Lacaita is used to indicate Charles Carmichael Lacaita (1853 - 1933), a British botanist and Liberal politician.
Date Picture Taken: March 6, 2009
Date Picture Taken: March 18, 2009
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