Origanum is a genus of herbaceous perennials and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae, native to Europe, North Africa, and much of temperate Asia, where they are found in open or mountainous habitats. A few species also naturalized in scattered locations in North America and other regions.
Allium sphaerocephalon is a plant species in the Amaryllis family known as round-headed leek, round-headed garlic, ball-head onion, and other variations on these names. Drumstick allium is another common name applied to this species. Some publications use the alternate spelling Allium sphaerocephalum. It is a bulbous herbaceous perennial plant.
Ophrys fuciflora is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family. It is widespread across much of Europe from Britain and Spain to Turkey and Romania, plus Libya and the Middle East as far east as Iraq.
Hyacinthella is a genus of bulbous flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. It is native to eastern and south-eastern Europe through to northern Iran, reaching as far south as Palestine. Turkey is the main country in which species are found.
Allium trifoliatum, commonly called pink garlic and Hirsute garlic, is a Mediterranean species of wild onion. It is native to France, Cyprus, Malta, Italy, Greece, Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon, Palestine, and Israel.
Allium sinaiticum is a species of flowering plant in the Amaryllidaceae family. It is a wild onion found in sandy areas in Israel, Sinai, Palestine, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. It is a small, bulb-forming perennial; flowers have white tepals with green midveins.
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 dumetorum is a Middle Eastern species of onion found in Israel, Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan. It is a bulb-forming perennial with a few pinkish flowers; ovary pale green.
Allium calyptratum is a species of flowering plant in the Amaryllidaceae family. It is found in Israel, Syria, Palestine and Turkey. It is a bulb-forming perennial with an umbel of white flowers.
Allium rupicola is a species of onion found in Israel, Turkey, Lebanon and Syria. It has a rosette of leaves plus a scape bearing an umbel of pink flowers.
Allium trachycoleum is a Middle Eastern species of wild onion found in Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Turkey, and Iraq. It is a bulb-forming perennial up to 70 cm tall, with an umbel of white and green flowers.
Allium decaisnei is a species of onion found in Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. It is a perennial with an upright scape. Umbel is loose, with long-pediceled green flowers, most of them nodding (drooping).
Allium tel-avivense is a plant species found in Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Egypt, including the Sinai Peninsula. It is a bulb-forming perennial with a small umbel of only a few flowers. Tepals are pink, and the ovary is large, green and conspicuous.
Allium sannineum is a plant species found in the Levant. It is a bulb-forming perennial with an umbel of flowers crowded together, resembling a head. Their tepals are deep blue of violet with fringed edges.
Allium sindjarense is a species of flowering plant in the Amaryllidaceae family.
Allium erdelii is a plant species found in Israel, Palestine Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Libya and Jordan. It is a bulb-forming perennial with a small umbel of creamy-white flowers.
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.
Allium subhirsutum, the hairy garlic, is a plant species widespread around the Mediterranean region from Spain and the Canary Islands to Turkey and Palestine.
Ziziphora capitata is an annual herb in the family Lamiaceae. It grows from the Mediterranean basin to Iran including the Sinai, Palestine / Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Cyprus, Balkans, southern Russia, Caucasus, and northern Iraq.
Naomi Feinbrun-Dothan was a Russian-born Israeli botanist, who became part of the academic staff at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She studied the flora of Israel and published dozens of articles and several analytical flora books. Just after her 91st birthday, she received the 1991 Israel Prize for her unique contribution to the Land of Israel studies.
