Blepharis attenuata, Blepharis ciliaris, شوك الضب الرقيق ,ריסן דק Acanthus syriacus,Syrian bear's breech Acanthus syriacus,Syrian bear's breech Corinthian capital of Vitruvius with acanthus leaves

Class Dicotyledoneae, dicots, מחלקה דו-פסיגיים Family Acanthaceae, Acanthus Family, משפחת הקוציציים Perennial herbs and shrubs with simple, opposite, decussate leaves with entire (or sometimes toothed, lobed, or spiny) margins, and without stipules. The flowers are tubular, bilaterally symmetrical, arranged in an inflorescence that is either a spike, raceme, or cyme; colorful bract subtending each flower; the calyx is usually 4-5 lobed; the corolla tubular, 2-lipped or 5-lobed; stamens either 2 or 4 arranged in pairs and inserted on the corolla; the ovary superior, 2-carpellate, with axile placentation. The fruit is a two-celled capsule, often discharging the seeds explosively. Genus Blepharis, ריסן: Blepharis attenuata, Blepharis ciliaris, ריסן דק , شوك الضب الرقيق Genus Acanthus, קוציץ: Acanthus mollis, Bear's Breeches, קוציץ רך Acanthus syriacus, Syrian Bear's-breech,קוציץ סורי ************************************************** Acanthus mollis, Bear's Breeches, קוציץ רך Acanthus mollis, Bear's Breeches, קוציץ רך