Scabiosa prolifera, Lomelosia prolifera,
Prolific Scabious, Carmel Daisy,
Hebrew: תגית מצויה, Arabic: جربية مخلفة - كعب الغزال

Scientific name:		Scabiosa prolifera L.
Synonym name:		Lomelosia prolifera (L.) Greuter et Burdet
Common name:		Prolific Scabious, Carmel Daisy
Hebrew name:		תגית מצויה
Arabic name:		جربية مخلفة - كعب الغزال
Family:		Dipsacaceae, שלמוניים

Life form:		Therophyte, annual
Leaves:		Opposite, entire, dentate or serrate
Flowers:		White, yellow
Flowering Period:		March, April, May
Habitat:		Batha, Phrygana
Distribution:		The Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes
Chorotype:		Mediterranean
Summer shedding:		Ephemeral

Location: Givat-Hamoreh, Little Hermon - Nebi Dahi, גבעת המורה ,נבי דחי Derivation of the botanical name: Scabiosa, Latin scabies, "the itch," which the rough (scurfy) leaves might have been used to cure. prolifera, producing side shoots in order to increase; proliferous. Lomelosia (derivation unknown to me). The Hebrew name: נזרית, nezirit / תגית, tagit, scabiosa. 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 Greuter is used to indicate Werner Rodolfo Greuter (born 1938), a botanist, born in Genova (Italy), as Swiss national. The standard author abbreviation Burdet is used to indicate Hervé Maurice Burdet (born 1939), a Swiss botanist. Location: Bene Zion Nature Reserve