Reboudia pinnata, Erucaria microcarpa, Pink Mustard,
Hebrew: בן-שלח מנוצה, Arabic: السليح المنقاري

Scientific name:		Reboudia pinnata (Viv.)O.E.Schulz
Synonym name:		Erucaria microcarpa Boiss.
Common name:		Pink Mustard
Hebrew name:		בן-שלח מנוצה
Arabic name:		السليح المنقاري
Family:		Cruciferae / Brassicaceae, מצליבים

Life form:		Therophyte, annual
Leaves:		Alternate, dissected twice or more, dentate or serrate
Flowers:		Pink
Flowering Period:		January, February, March, April
Habitat:		Shrub-steppes, Desert
Distribution:		Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts
Chorotype, טיפוס התפוצה:		Saharo-Arabian
Summer shedding:		Ephemeral

Derivation of the botanical name: Reboudia, after the French botanist Victor Constant Reboud (1821 - 1889), physician. Erucaria, Latin, eruca, rocket, cruciformous herb; arius, Latin suffix, pertaining to. microcarpa, micro, "small"; -carpa, -fruit; meaning small-fruited. pinnata, feathered, winged; pinnate. The Hebrew name: בן-שלח, ben-selach Reboudia, species that are close to selach (=weapon). Derived from שלח and so called because it resembles a short sword; Arabic silah, silh (=arm, weapon). The standard author abbreviation Boiss. is used to indicate Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810 – 1885), a Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician. The standard author abbreviation Viv. is used to indicate Domenico Viviani (1772 – 1840), an Italian botanist. The standard author abbreviation O.E.Schulz is used to indicate Otto Eugen Schulz (1874 – 1936), a German botanist.