Japanese-green / أقحوان تاجي / البسّوم / بسباس /

أبو عباس / البسيس / الصفير / باسوم /

Glebionis coronaria (L.) Tzvelev

Edibility and usage

Edibility
Edible
Edible part
  • Flower buds
Preparation
  • Herbal tea
Blooming period
February to May
Foraging period
February
Seed collection period
June to July

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • Yellow
Leaf type
  • Dissected
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Glebionis
Family
Asteraceae
Wikidata item
Q6585129
GBIF Item
Glebionis coronaria (L.) Tzvelev (7627205)

References

  1. Mashjar Juthour.(2017). Palestinian Wildflower Pocket Guide(English and Arabic)
  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. Hinnawi, Nadeen Sadeq Abdullah. “An Ethnobotanical Study of Wild Edible Plants in the Northern West Bank,” 2010.
  5. Ali-Shtayeh, Mohammed S., Rana M. Jamous, Jehan H. Al-Shafie’, Wafa’ A. Elgharabah, Fatemah A. Kherfan, Kifayeh H. Qarariah, Isra’ S. Khdair, et al. “Traditional Knowledge of Wild Edible Plants Used in Palestine (Northern West Bank): A Comparative Study.”

Citation

Glebionis coronaria (L.) Tzvelev in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/525 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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