Geropogon hybridus, Goat's Beard, Hairless Goatsbeard,
Smooth Goatsbeard, Slender Salsify ,
Hebrew: זקן-סב מצוי, Arabic: شنگ‌وش

Scientific name:  Geropogon hybridus (L.) Schultz Bip.
Common name:  Goat's Beard, Hairless Goatsbeard, Smooth Goatsbeard, Slender Salsify
Hebrew name:  זקן-סב מצוי
Arabic name:  شنگ‌وش
Family:  Compositae / Asteraceae, מורכבים

Flora of Israel, Fleurs sauvages, Wildblumen, Fiori, флоры, Flores Silvestres, زهور,

Life form:  Annual
Stems:  20-80cm high, channelled, glabrous, leafy, branched or unbranched
Leaves:  Alternate, rosette, entire
Inflorescence:  Capitula solitary, terminal
Flowers:  Peduncle hollow or swollen below heads; involucre at flowering campanulate; involucral bracts linear or linear-ovate, c.3cm long, 2.5-3.0 mm wide, acuminate, glabrous; corolla ligulate, pink or violet; tube c.3.5 mm long, glabrous; ligule 12.0-14.0 mm long, c.3.0 mm wide
Fruits / pods:  Achene; outer achenes without an annulus and with a pappus of scabrid, rigid hairs
Flowering Period:   April, May
Habitat:   Batha, Phrygana
Distribution:  Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon
Chorotype:   Med - Irano-Turanian
Summer shedding:  Ephemeral

Geropogon hybridus,Goat's Beard, Hairless Goatsbeard, Smooth Goatsbeard, Slender Salsify, זקן-סב מצוי


Derivation of the botanical name:
Geropogon, Greek geron, old man; pogon, beard; Old Man's Beard.
hybridus, mixed; hybrid.
  • 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 Schultz Bip. is used to indicate Carl Heinrich Bipontinus Schultz (1805 – 1867), a German physician and botanist.

Geropogon hybridus, Goat's Beard, Hairless Goatsbeard, Smooth Goatsbeard, Slender Salsify, זקן-סב מצוי


Geropogon hybridus, Goat's Beard, Hairless Goatsbeard, Smooth Goatsbeard, Slender Salsify, זקן-סב מצוי
Location: Pura Nature Reserve, שמורת פורה