Spiny Pallenis / عين الثور الشائكة /

البالينس الشوكي / بخور مريم / زُباد شائك / سحاء / عشبت الدبوه /

Pallenis spinosa (L.) Cass.

Edibility and usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
April to June
Seed collection period
July to September

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Yellow
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Hemicryptophyte

Scientifc data

Genus
Pallenis
Family
Asteraceae
Wikidata item
Q1547224
GBIF Item
Pallenis spinosa (L.) Cass. (5385215)

References

  1. Houri, A., Machaka Houri, N. (2001). photographic guide to wild flowers of Lebanon. Beirut: Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
  2. Pallenis spinosa (L.) Cass. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-22.(English)
  3. Nehmé, M.(2008). Etymological dictionary of Syrian flora. Beirut: Librairie du liban publishers.(English, French, and Arabic)
  4. Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.
  5. Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
  6. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  7. 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.

Citation

Pallenis spinosa (L.) Cass. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/757 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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