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This is an incomplete list of 2,700 species of vascular plants which are native to the Israel as defined by Flora Palaestina. Flora Palaestina is a work in four volumes published by Brill Academic Publishers between 1966 and 1986, edited by Michael Zohary and Naomi Feinbrun-Dothan. [1] The region covered includes: the whole area of the State of Israel; the West Bank; the Gaza Strip; the Golan Heights; the Israeli part of Mount Hermon; and the East Bank.
The table below lists alphabetically all species with initial letters P–Z. For other species and some background information, click here:
Palestine is a geographic region in West Asia. It is usually considered to include Israel and the State of Palestine, though some definitions also include part of northwestern Jordan.
Michael Zohary was a pioneering Israeli botanist.
Scilla hyacinthoides is a geophyte, native to Southern Europe to Northern Iraq. Like all Scilla it is a bulbous plant.
Salvia palaestina is a herbaceous perennial native to a wide area including what was historically known as Palestine, and is also native to Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, the Sinai peninsula and northeastern Egypt. It was named and described by George Bentham in 1835, with the specific epithet (palaestina) referring to its geographical distribution "in Palæstinæ montibus inter Gaza et Jerusalem", or the mountains between Gaza and Jerusalem.
Ammochloa is a genus of Mediterranean plants in the grass family, Poaceae.
Echinaria is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family. The only known species is Echinaria capitata, native to the Mediterranean Region as well as the Southwest and Central Asia.
Rhizocephalus is a genus of plants in the grass family, Poaceae. The only known species is Rhizocephalus orientalis, native to Afghanistan, Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, AsiaticTurkey, and Uzbekistan.
Allium desertorum is a species of onion found in Israel, Jordan, Palestine, and Egypt. It is a small bulb-forming perennial; flowers are white with purple midveins along the tepals.
Allium daninianum is a species of onion found in Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Jordan. It is a bulb-forming perennial with a long, flexuous scape. Umbel is lax, the pink flowers long-pedicelled and mostly drooping.
Allium qasyunense is a Middle Eastern species of onions in the amaryllis family, found in Israel, Palestine, Syria and Jordan. It is a bulb-forming perennial with an umbel of cream-colored flowers.
Allium sindjarense is a species of flowering plant in the Amaryllidaceae family.
Allium truncatum is a plant species found in Israel, Palestine, Lebanon and Turkey. It is a bulb-forming perennial producing an umbel of many urn-shaped purple flowers.
Iris palaestina is a species in the genus Iris in the subgenus Scorpiris. It is a bulbous perennial from Asia, including the Palestine region, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey. It has long, narrow, strap-like leaves, and a short stem. The early blooming, fragrant flowers are greenish-grey/white or yellow-white.
Iris atrofusca is a species in the genus Iris, where it is placed in the subgenus Iris and the section Oncocyclus. It is a rhizomatous perennial from the deserts of Israel and Jordan. The species has long falcate (sickle-shaped) or ensiform (sword-shaped) leaves, a long thick stem and large fragrant flowers that come in shades of purple brown, reddish-black, black-brown, dark brown, dark lilac or dark purple. The flowers also have a black or brownish-black signal patch and a thick beard that is brown-black, light brown or yellow tipped with brown. It is rarely cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions.
Iris lortetii is a species in the genus Iris. It has straight grey-green leaves, a 30–50 cm tall stem, and large showy flowers in late spring or mid-summer that come in shades of pink, from white, lilac, pale lavender and grey-purple. It is veined and dotted pink or maroon. It has a signal patch that is deep maroon and a sparse and brown, purple-brown or reddish beard.
Iris petrana, commonly known as the Petra iris, is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus of Iris and in the Oncocyclus section. It has spring blooming flowers that come in shades from burgundy, dark brown to dark violet and purple. They have yellow or dark 'beards' and flower over sword-like grey-green leaves. It is normally found in the desert sands between the countries of Jordan and Israel.