Lion's Foot / رجل الأسد / ركفه / كف الأسد /

إذن الأسد / خميرة اذار / ركفة راحة الاسد / طقيق /

Leontice leontopetalum L.

Edibility and usage

Blooming period
February to April
Seed collection period
May to July

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • White
Life form
  • Geophyte
Foliage
Deciduous

Scientifc data

Genus
Leontice
Family
Berberidaceae
Wikidata item
Q15313207
GBIF Item
Leontice leontopetalum L. (7944367)

References

  1. Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.
  2. Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
  3. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  4. Crowfoot, Grace Mary Hood. From Cedar to Hyssop; a Study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine. London, Sheldon Press; New York and Toronto, The Macmillan Co., 1932.
  5. Hamami, R.(2021).From Crown Anemone to Buchy Bean Caper.Ramallah:A.M. Qattan Foundation.(English and Arabic)

Citation

Leontice leontopetalum L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/2136 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

BARARI is an open science platform to responsibly share community-based knowledge about wild food plants.
Creative Commons License Barari content is under CC-BY license.