Euphorbia falcata, Crescent Spurge, Sickle-leaved Spurge,
Sickle Spurge, חלבלוב מגלני
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| | Scientific name: |
| Euphorbia falcata L. |
| Common name: |
| Crescent Spurge, Sickle-leaved Spurge, Sickle Spurge |
| Hebrew name: |
| חלבלוב מגלני |
| Family: |
| Euphorbiaceae, חלבלוביים |
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| | Life form: |
| therophyte, annual |
| Leaves: |
| Alternate, entire |
| Flowers: |
| Green |
| Flowering Period: |
| March, April, May, June, July, August |
| Habitat: |
| Batha, Phrygana |
| Distribution: |
| Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes |
| Chorotype: |
| Med - Irano-Turanian |
| Summer shedding: |
| Ephemeral |
Date Picture Taken: April 7, 2007
Derivation of the botanical name:
Euphorbia, Εὔφορβος, Euphorbus, after the Numidian physician Euphorbus, physician to Juba II, King of Numidia and Mauretania, about the end of the first century BCE.
falcata, sickle-shaped, falcate.
- The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
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