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Plants in Israel

Possibly Tamus communis (טמוס מצוי), also known as Dioscorea communis, black bryony, lady's-seal or black bindweed, this creeping vine is poisonous.

Possibly Tamus communis (טמוס מצוי), also known as Dioscorea communis, black bryony, lady's-seal or black bindweed, this creeping vine is poisonous.

Bryonia syriaca Boiss (דלעת-נחש סורית), the Syrian snake pumpkin, is a vine-like member of the gourd family, common across northern and parts of central Israel. The gourd, which is about a centimetre in diameter, ripening in summer, is toxic to humans.

Pterocephalus brevis Coult. (נוציץ עטוף), a desert annual, growing in the scree near the summit of Sartaba (Alexandrion), April 2021.

Possibly a variant of Dianthus tripunctatus (ציפורן חד-שנתי), an annual carnation, Mar Saba, April 2021

Known as the Italian gladiolus, field gladiolus, or common sword-lily (סייפן התבואה), and native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, this specimen was flowering at the end of March in the Yuvalim forest above Nahal Sakhnin.

Known as the Italian gladiolus, field gladiolus, or common sword-lily (סייפן התבואה), and native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, this specimen was flowering at the end of March in the Yuvalim forest above Nahal Sakhnin.

Narbonne star-of-Bethlehem, aka pyramidal or southern star-of-Bethlehem (נץ-חלב צרפתי, lit. French milk hawk), Ornithogalum narbonense, is a herbaceous flowering bulb, belonging to the genus Ornithogalum of the family Asparagaceae. Ornithogalum means "bird's milk", while the species name narbonense refers to the French town of Narbonne. The plant is found in the Mediterranean Basin, Armenia and northwestern Iran; this one was flowering at the end of March in Yuvalim forest above Nahal Sakhnin.

Winter crocus - כרכום חורפי - Crocus hyemalis, at Horvat Sher, December 2019.

Terebinth (Turpentine tree) berries - אלת טרבינת - Pistacia terebinthus, at Horvat Sher, December 2019

Virgin's Bower - זלזלת הקנוקנות - Clematis cirrhosa, at Horvat Sher, December 2019.

Yellow Asphodel (Asphodeline lutea) (עיריוני צהוב) also known as King's Spear is a perennial plant native to southeastern Europe, northern Africa, Turkey and the Levant. In Israel, it's flowers are orange in the north, and sometimes yellow in the south.