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Aethionema carneum is a rare -endangered tiny annual in Israel. Please notice that it has 2 kind of fruits - lower large flat ones and the upper small starry ones. The tiny whitish flowers are self pollinated, this is why they all fruit.
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This is the flower and fruit of the same species (see seedlings in my previous post).
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I found this flower hidden in oak scrub. The strange flower colour is completely camouflaged. It was more or less the only flower around, all the rest of plants were still dormant or sprouting. Hesperis pendula is a perennial herb of the Middle East, growing between Turkey and Israel. The fruit pods are pending - hence the plant's name.
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Peltaria angustifolia is a perennial herb, common in the very far north Od Israel,it has coin-like fruits.
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Zilla is one of the common extreme desert plants. In dry years small annual plants occur, in rainy years some plants survive for several years.
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Aethionema carneum is a rare, endangered tiny annual in Israel. The tiny whitish flowers are self pollinated, this is why they all fruit.
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Chorispora purpurascens is a rare annual in Israel. It grows typically in the arid mountains of the Middle East.
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A perennial herbaceous plant, plant covered by small bristly hairs. Flowers cross like, greenish to light brown. Fruits r pending pods. In Israel it is rare and endangered.
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These are the beautofil earing-like fruits of Peltaria angustifolia. A perennial herbaceous plant that is common in Mt Hermon. It is a tall crucifer with white flowers.
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This is one of the ancient species fo the Saharo-Arabian deserts. It has no real relative. the fruits are globose, pointed. It is often annual or short lived perennial.
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a tiny annual unique in two kinds of fruits ! I got it at the last minutes before it breaks and disperse the seed.
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Chorispora purpurascens is a rare annual in Israel. It grows typically in the arid mountains of the Middle East. Here u can see its dry horn-like fruits.
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Hesperis pendula is an East Mediterranean perennial. It blooms at the end of spring and has greenish camouflaged flowers. their colour is hard to photograph and the ring flash helps.
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Pseuderucaria clavata is a annual occurring in the extreme desert in Israel. It blooms only every few years, when there is enough rain. I was happy to dinf a few plants in the Ramon Crater, one of the most striking desert reserves. In other areas is might occur in carpets.
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Zilla spinosa is a unique perennial plant of the extreme desert. It is considered an ancient desert element, since it does not have any relatives in the cabbage plant family.
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Alliaria petiolata is a common European perennial plant. Here u can see its seedling.
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Chorispora purpurascens is a rare annual in Israel. It grows typically in the arid mountains of the Middle East.
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and here is the fruit
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Pseuderucaria clavata is a annual occurring in the extreme desert in Israel. It blooms only every few years, when there is enough rain. I was happy to dinf a few plants in the Ramon Crater, one of the most striking desert reserves. In other areas is might occur in carpets.
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Zilla spinosa is a common plant of the extreme desert. It is a short-lived perennial. Here u can see the flower and fruit. The dry fruit remain indehiscent on the plant untill the next rain, often for long years.
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This is a perennial alyssum that dominates Mt Hermon's highlands. It blooms in June and marks the late spring of this mountain. Its habitat is the subalpine belt, often called tracanth.
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This tiny annual has even more tiny flowers, most of which are self-pollinated adn therefore the plant is fully fruited.
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Hesperis pendula is a peculiar greenish-brownish flower. In Israel it is rare and endangered.
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Pseuderucaria clavata us a wonderful flower of the extreme desert. Its fruit pod has a thickened tip, as u can see on the left part of the picture.