Urospermum picroides, Prickly cupped Goat's Beard
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| | Scientific name: |
| Urospermum picroides |
| Common name |
| Prickly cupped Goat's Beard |
| Hebrew name: |
| אזנב מצוי |
| Family: |
| Compositae (Asteraceae), מורכבים |
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| | Life form (Raunkiaer): |
| Annual |
| Leaves: |
| Alternate, simple, stalked, thin, lanceolate to ovate-oblong, 3-6 inches long, 1/2 to 2 inches wide, often broadest at middle, glabrous or somewhat pubescent; bases narrowed; margins conspicuously toothed; tips pointed; upper leaves gradually reduced. |
| Inflorescences: |
| Racemes, elongate, spike-like, 15-30 inches long, sparsely or densely flowered. |
| Flowers: |
| Deeply 5-lobed; calyx lobes linear, spreading; corollas wheel-shaped, approximately 1 inch wide, blue with whitish centers; style long-protruding, bending downward then curving upward. |
| Fruits: |
| Capsules, stiffly erect, 1/4 to 1/2 inch long; seeds chestnut-brown, lustrous. |
| Flowering Period: |
| March, April, May |
| Habitat: |
| Batha, Phrygana | | Distribution: |
| The Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon |
| Summer shedding: |
| ephemeral |
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