Erucaria hispanica, Erucaria myagroides,
Spanish pink mustard, שלח ספרדי,שלח מצוי
 
Scientific name:  Erucaria hispanica (L.) Druce
Synonym name:  Erucaria myagroides (L.) Hal.
Common name:   Spanish pink mustard
Hebrew name:  שלח ספרדי,שלח מצוי
Plant Family:  Cruciferae / Brassicaceae, מצליבים

Israel, Flowers, Erucaria hispanica,Erucaria myagroides, Spanish pink mustard, שלח ספרדי,שלח מצוי
Date Picture Taken: May 29, 2007

 
Life form:  Therophyte, annual
Leaves:  Alternate, dissected twice or more, dentate or serrate
Flowers:  Lilach, pink, white
Flowering Period:  January, February, March, April, May, June
Habitat:   Batha, Phrygana
Distribution:  Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes
Chorotype:  Mediterranean
Summer shedding:  Ephemeral
Protected Flower, צמח מוגן:  No, לא

Erucaria hispanica,Erucaria myagroides, Spanish pink mustard, שלח ספרדי,שלח מצוי
Date Picture Taken: February 2, 2009


Derivation of the botanical name:
Erucaria, Latin, eruca, rocket, cruciformous herb; arius, Latin suffix, pertaining to.
hispanica, Spanish.
  • 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 Druce is used to indicate George Claridge Druce (1850 – 1932),an English botanist and a Mayor of Oxford.
  • The standard author abbreviation Hal. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.

Erucaria hispanica,Erucaria myagroides, Spanish pink mustard, שלח ספרדי,שלח מצוי
Date Picture Taken: May 30, 2008
Erucaria hispanica,Erucaria myagroides, Spanish pink mustard, שלח ספרדי,שלח מצוי
Date Picture Taken: May 29, 2007