Prasium majus, White Hedge-nettle, Great Hedge-nettle, פרסיון גדול
Scientific name:
Prasium majus L.
Common name:
White Hedge-nettle, Great Hedge-nettle
Hebrew name:
פרסיון גדול
Family:
Labiatae / Lamiaceae, שפתניים
Life form:
Chamaephyte, semi-shrub
Leaves:
Opposite, entire, dentate or serrate
Flowers:
White
Flowering Period:
January, February, March, April, May, June
Habitat:
: Mediterranean maquis and forest
Distribution:
Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes
Chorotype:
Mediterranean
Summer shedding:
Perenating
Location: Road 3415, Gad Hills (Givad Gad)
Derivation of the botanical name:
Prasium, used by Plinius for an herb, white horehound; Theophrastus applied Greek prasion to horehound, a species of Marrubium.
majus, bigger, larger.
The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
