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Thorns, Thistles and Prickles list of spinescent species in the Israeli flora |
see: Thorns and Thistles in the Bible |
| Scientific name | Family Name | Spinescence |
| Acacia farnesiana | Mimosaceae | stipules |
| Acacia laeta | Mimosaceae | stipules |
| Acacia pachyceras / gerrardii | Mimosaceae | stipules |
| Acacia paradoxa | Mimosaceae | stipules |
| Acacia raddiana | Mimosaceae | stipules |
| Acacia tortilis | Mimosaceae | stipules |
| Acantholimon libanoticum | Plumbaginaceae | leaves |
| Acantholimon ulicinum | Plumbaginaceae | leaves |
| Acanthus syriacus | Acanthaceae | bracts |
| Achyranthes aspera | Amaranthaceae | flowers |
| Ajuga chamaepytis | Labiatae / Lamiaceae | emergences |
| Alhagi graecorum / maurorum | Papilionaceae | stems |
| Alternanthera pungens | Amaranthaceae | flowers |
| Amaranthus albus | Amaranthaceae | bracts |
| Amaranthus palmeri | Amaranthaceae | flowers |
| Amaranthus spinosus | Amaranthaceae | emergences |
| Anchusa strigosa | Boraginaceae | emergences |
| Argemone mexicana | Papaveraceae | leaves |
| Asparagus acutifolius | Liliaceae | stems |
| Asparagus aphyllus | Liliaceae | stems |
| Asparagus horridus/stipularis | Liliaceae | stems |
| Asparagus setaceus | Liliaceae | leaves |
| Astragalus angustifolius | Papilionaceae | stems |
| Astragalus bethlehemiticus | Papilionaceae | leaves |
| Astragalus cephalotes | Papilionaceae | leaves |
| Astragalus coluteoides | Papilionaceae | leaves |
| Astragalus cruentiflorus | Papilionaceae | leaves |
| Astragalus deinacanthus | Papilionaceae | leaves |
| Astragalus echinus | Papilionaceae | leaves |
| Astragalus gummifer | Papilionaceae | leaves |
| Atractylis cancellata | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Atractylis carduus | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Atractylis comosa | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Atractylis phaeolepis | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Atractylis prolifera | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Atractylis serratuloides | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Atraphaxis spinosa | Polygonaceae | stems |
| Balanites aegyptiaca | Zygophyllaceae | stems |
| Bassia muricata | Chenopodiaceae | flowers |
| Berberis cretica | Berberidaceae | emergences |
| Bidens pilosa | Compositae / Asteraceae | fruits |
| Bidens tripartita | Compositae / Asteraceae | fruits |
| Blepharis attenuata/ciliaris | Acanthaceae | leaves |
| Calicotome villosa | Papilionaceae | stems |
| Capparis aegyptica | Capparaceae | stipules |
| Capparis cartilaginea / sinaica | Capparaceae | stipules |
| Capparis decidua | Capparaceae | stipules |
| Capparis sicula | Capparaceae | stipules |
| Capparis zoharyi | Capparaceae | stipules |
| Cardopatium corymbosum | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Carduncellus eriocephalus | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Carduus acicularis | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Carduus argentatus | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Carduus australis | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Carduus getulus | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Carlina curetum | Compositae / Asteraceae | bracts |
| Carlina lanata | Compositae / Asteraceae | bracts |
| Carlina libanotica | Compositae / Asteraceae | bracts |
| Carlina racemosa | Compositae / Asteraceae | bracts |
| Carthamus glaucus | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Carthamus nitidus | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Carthamus persicus | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Carthamus tenuis | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Cenchrus echinatus | Gramineae / Poaceae | bracts |
| Cenchrus incertus | Gramineae /Poaceae | bracts |
| Centaurea aegyptiaca | Compositae / Asteraceae | bracts |
| Centaurea ammocyanus | Compositae / Asteraceae | bracts |
| Centaurea ascalonica | Compositae / Asteraceae | bracts |
| Centaurea balsamita | Compositae / Asteraceae | bracts |
| Centaurea behen | Compositae / Asteraceae | bracts |
| Centaurea crocodylium | Compositae / Asteraceae | bracts |
| Centaurea drabifolia | Compositae / Asteraceae | bracts |
| Centaurea eriophora | Compositae / Asteraceae | bracts |
| Centaurea eryngioides | Compositae / Asteraceae | bracts |
| Centaurea hyalolepis | Compositae / Asteraceae | bracts |
| Centaurea iberica | Compositae / Asteraceae | bracts |
| Centaurea lanulata | Compositae / Asteraceae | bracts |
| Centaurea onopordifolia | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Centaurea pallescens | Compositae / Asteraceae | bracts |
| Centaurea pallescens | Compositae / Asteraceae | bracts |
| Centaurea pumilio | Compositae / Asteraceae | bracts |
| Centaurea rigida | Compositae / Asteraceae | bracts |
| Centaurea scoparia | Compositae / Asteraceae | bracts |
| Centaurea sinaica | Compositae / Asteraceae | bracts |
| Centaurea solstitialis | Compositae / Asteraceae | bracts |
| Centaurea speciosa | Compositae / Asteraceae | bracts |
| Centaurea verutum | Compositae / Asteraceae | bracts |
| Cerasus prostata | Rosaceae | stems |
| Cirsium alatum | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Cirsium gaillardotii | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Cirsium phyllocephalum | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Cirsium vulgare | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Cnicus benedictus | Compositae / Asteraceae | bracts |
| Cornulaca monacantha | Chenopodiaceae | leaves , flowers |
| Cousinia hermonis | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Cousinia libanotica | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Cousinia moabitica | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Crataegus aronia | Rosaceae | stems |
| Crataegus azorolus | Rosaceae | stems |
| Crataegus monogyna | Rosaceae | stems |
| Crepis aspera | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , emergences |
| Crypsis vaginiflora | Gramineae / Poaceae | bracts |
| Cynara syriaca | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Datura ferox | Solanaceae | fruits |
| Daucus aureus | Umbelliferae / Apiaceae | fruits |
| Daucus broteri | Umbelliferae / Apiaceae | fruits |
| Daucus carota | Umbelliferae / Apiaceae | fruits |
| Daucus durieua | Umbelliferae / Apiaceae | fruits |
| Daucus glaber | Umbelliferae / Apiaceae | fruits |
| Daucus guttatus | Umbelliferae / Apiaceae | fruits |
| Daucus jordanicus | Umbelliferae / Apiaceae | fruits |
| Desmostachya bipinnata | Gramineae /Poaceae | leaves |
| Dipsacus laciniatus | Dipsacaceae | bracts, emergences |
| Echinops adenocaulos | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Echinops gaillardotii | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Echinops glaberrimus | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Echinops philistaeus | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Echinops polyceras | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Echinops viscosus | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Echium rauwolfii | Boraginaceae | emergences |
| Elaeagnus angustifolia | Elaeagnaceae | emergences |
| Emex spinosa | Polygonaceae | fruits |
| Eryngium barrelieri | Umbelliferae / Apiaceae | leaves , bracts |
| Eryngium billardierei | Umbelliferae / Apiaceae | leaves , flowers |
| Eryngium bourgatii | Umbelliferae / Apiaceae | leaves , flowers |
| Eryngium creticum | Umbelliferae / Apiaceae | leaves , bracts |
| Eryngium falcatum | Umbelliferae / Apiaceae | leaves , bracts |
| Eryngium glomeratum | Umbelliferae / Apiaceae | leaves , bracts |
| Eryngium maritimum | Umbelliferae / Apiaceae | leaves , bracts |
| Euphorbia erinacea | Euphorbiaceae | stems |
| Exoacantha heterophylla | Umbelliferae / Apiaceae | bracts |
| Fagonia arabica | Zygophyllaceae | stipules |
| Fagonia bruguieri | Zygophyllaceae | stipules |
| Fagonia glutinosa | Zygophyllaceae | stipules |
| Fagonia mollis | Zygophyllaceae | stipules |
| Fagonia scabra | Zygophyllaceae | stipules |
| Fagonia tenuifolia | Zygophyllaceae | stipules |
| Faidherbia albida | Mimosaceae | stipules |
| Forsskaolea tenacissima | Urticaceae | emergences |
| Genista fasselata | Papilionaceae | stems |
| Genista libanotica | Papilionaceae | stems |
| Glycyrrhiza echinata | Papilionaceae | fruits |
| Gundelia tournefortii | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Hedysarum spinosissimum | Papilionaceae | fruits |
| Helminthotheca echioides | Compositae / Asteraceae | emergences |
| Hyoscyamus albus | Solanaceae | flowers |
| Hyoscyamus desertorum | Solanaceae | flowers |
| Hyoscyamus pusillus | Solanaceae | flowers |
| Hyoscyamus reticulatus | Solanaceae | flowers |
| Hyphaene thebaica | Palmae | leaves |
| Iphiona mucronata | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves |
| Iphiona scabra | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves |
| Juncus acutus | Juncaceae | leaves |
| Juncus maritimus | Juncaceae | leaves |
| Juncus rigidus ( | Juncaceae | leaves |
| Juncus subulatus | Juncaceae | leaves |
| Lactuca aculeata | Compositae / Asteraceae | emergences |
| Lactuca orientalis | Compositae / Asteraceae | stems |
| Lantana camara | Verbenaceae | emergences |
| Launaea spinosa | Compositae / Asteraceae | stems |
| Lepidium spinosum | Cruciferae / Brassicaceae | stems |
| Lisaea strigosa | Umbelliferae / Apiaceae | fruits |
| Lycium europaeum | Solanaceae | stems |
| Lycium depressum | Solanaceae | stems |
| Lycium schweinfurthii | Solanaceae | stems |
| Lycium shawii | Solanaceae | stems |
| Marrubium alysson | Labiatae / Lamiaceae | flowers |
| Medicago murex | Papilionaceae | fruits |
| Minuartia juniperina | Caryophyllaceae | leaves |
| Moluccella laevis | Labiatae / Lamiaceae | bracts |
| Moluccella spinosa | Labiatae / Lamiaceae | flowers |
| Neurada procumbens | Neuradaceae | fruits |
| Nitraria retusa | Zygophyllaceae | stems |
| Nitraria schoberi | Zygophyllaceae | stems |
| Noaea mucronata | Chenopodiaceae | stems |
| Notobasis syriaca | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Onobrychis caput-galli | Papilionaceae | fruits |
| Onobrychis cornuta | Papilionaceae | stems |
| Onobrychis crista-galli | Papilionaceae | fruits |
| Onobrychis squarrosa | Papilionaceae | fruits |
| Ononis spinosa | Papilionaceae | stems |
| Onopordum alexandrinum | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Onopordum ambiguum | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Onopordum anisacanthum | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Onopordon blamcheanum | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Onopordum carduiforme | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Onopordum cynarocephalum | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Onopordum floccosum | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Onopordum jordanicolum | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Onopordum macrocephalum | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Onopordum palaestinum | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Orlaya daucoides | Umbelliferae / Apiaceae | fruits |
| Paliurus spina-christi | Rhamnaceae | stipules |
| Pallenis spinosa | Compositae / Asteraceae | bracts |
| Parkinsonia aculeata | Caesalpiniaceae | stipules |
| Phlomis pungens | Labiatae / Lamiaceae | flowers |
| Phoenix dactylifera | Palmae | leaves |
| Phragmites frutescens | Gramineae /Poaceae | leaves |
| Picnomon acarna | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Prosopis farcta | Mimosaceae | emergences |
| Prunus ursina | Rosaceae | stems |
| Pseudorlaya pumila | Umbelliferae / Apiaceae | fruits |
| Pteranthus dichotomus | Caryophyllaceae | fruits |
| Ptilostemon chamaepeuce | Compositae / Asteraceae | bracts |
| Ptilostemon diacantha | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Pyrus syriaca | Rosaceae | stems |
| Quercus calliprinos | Fagaceae | leaves |
| Rhamnus lycioides | Rhamnaceae | stems |
| Rhamnus disperma | Rhamnaceae | stems |
| Rhamnus punctata | Rhamnaceae | stems |
| Rhus pentaphylla | Anacardiaceae | stems |
| Rhus tripartita | Anacardiaceae | stems |
| Robinia pseudoacacia | Papilionaceae | stipules |
| Rosa canina | Rosaceae | emergences |
| Rosa phoenicia | Rosaceae | emergences |
| Rosa pulverulenta | Rosaceae | emergences |
| Rubus canescens | Rosaceae | emergences |
| Rubus sanguineus | Rosaceae | emergences |
| Ruscus aculeatus | Asparagaceae | stems |
| Sageretia thea | Rhamnaceae | stems |
| Salsola tragus / kali | Chenopodiaceae | leaves |
| Sarcopoterium spinosum | Rosaceae | stems |
| Sclerocephalus arabicus | Caryophyllaceae | fruits |
| Scolymus hispanicus | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Scolymus maculatus | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Serratula pusilla | Compositae / Asteraceae | bracts |
| Sida spinosa | Malvaceae | stipules |
| Sideritis montana | Labiatae / Lamiaceae | flowers |
| Sideritis remota | Labiatae / Lamiaceae | flowers |
| Silybum marianum | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Smilax aspera | Liliaceae | emergences |
| Solanum cornutum | Solanaceae | leaves , flowers |
| Solanum elaeagnifolium | Solanaceae | emergences |
| Solanum incanum | Solanaceae | emergences |
| Teucrium spinosum | Labiatae / Lamiaceae | stems , flowers |
| Torilis arvensis | Umbelliferae / Apiaceae | fruits |
| Torilis gaillardotii | Umbelliferae / Apiaceae | fruits |
| Torilis japonica | Umbelliferae / Apiaceae | fruits |
| Torilis leptophylla | Umbelliferae / Apiaceae | fruits |
| Torilis nodosa | Umbelliferae / Apiaceae | fruits |
| Torilis tenella | Umbelliferae / Apiaceae | fruits |
| Torilis webbii | Umbelliferae / Apiaceae | fruits |
| Tribulus bimucronatus | Zygophyllaceae | fruits |
| Tribulus macropterus | Zygophyllaceae | fruits |
| Tribulus mollis | Zygophyllaceae | fruits |
| Tribulus pentandrus | Zygophyllaceae | fruits |
| Tribulus terrestris | Zygophyllaceae | fruits |
| Trichodesma africana | Boraginaceae | emergences |
| Trichodesma ehrenbergii | Boraginaceae | emergences |
| Trifolium scabrum | Papilionaceae | flowers |
| Turgenia latifolia | Umbelliferae / Apiaceae | fruits |
| Urtica kioviensis | Urticaceae | emergences |
| Urtica membranacea | Urticaceae | emergences |
| Urtica pilulifera | Urticaceae | emergences |
| Urtica urens | Urticaceae | emergences |
| Washingtonia filifera | Palmae | leaves |
| Washingtonia robusta | Palmae | leaves |
| Xanthium italicum | Compositae / Asteraceae | fruits |
| Xanthium spinosum | Compositae / Asteraceae | fruits |
| Xanthium strumarium | Compositae / Asteraceae | fruits |
| Xeranthemum cylindraceum | Compositae / Asteraceae | leaves , bracts |
| Zilla spinosa | Cruciferae Brassicaceae | stems |
| Ziziphus lotus | Rhamnaceae | stipules |
| Ziziphus nummularia | Rhamnaceae | stipules |
| Ziziphys spina-christi | Rhamnaceae | stipules |
