Jerusalem Fenugreek,
Hebrew: גרגרנית ירושלים, Arabic: حلبة برية
| Scientific name: | Trigonella kotschyi Boiss. | |
| Synonym name: | Trigonella hierosolymitana Boiss. | |
| Common name: | Jerusalem Fenugreek | |
| Hebrew name: | גרגרנית ירושלים | |
| Arabic name: | حلبة برية | |
| Family: | Papilionaceae, פרפרניים |
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| Life form: | Annual | |
| Stems: | 12-20cm | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, compound, trifoliate, dentate or serrate | |
| Flowers: | Inflorescence 10-14 flowers; Yellow | |
| Fruits / pods: | Allantoid-Oblong; yellow with black point; aculeate-Verrucate | |
| Flowering Period: | March, April | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands | |
| Chorotype, טיפוס התפוצה: | Mediterranean | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
Derivation of the botanical name: Trigonella, a diminutive of the Latin trigonum, "triangle or three-cornered," referring to the corolla of one of the species kotschyi, named for Carl George Theodor Kotschy (1813 - 1866), an Austrian botanist and explorer. The Hebrew name: גרגרנית, gargranit ; some claim that the Hebrew name "gargranit" is mentioned in the Jerusalem Talmud as "gadganit." The clover mentioned in the Talmud is, according to modern scholars, identified with the גרגרנית, gargranit (trigonella).
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