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Atraphaxis billardieri is a mountanous spiny shrublet common in the Middle East mountains. In Mt Hermon it is rather rare. The white flowers change rather quickly into windeg white-pinkish fruits. In the pic u can see the flowers on the upper part and the fruits just below them.
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This perennial is common along rivers and snow waters in the Himalayas.
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These are flowers of one of our rarest desert shrublets. In S Israel it occurs in 2-3 sites only. In Egypt (S Sinai Highlands) it is much commoner.
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Polygonum cedrorum is the commonest polygonum species in the heights of Mt Hermon. It has typical pink flowers and prominent veins in the lower side of the leaf (u can see this in this pic). It grows in dolines (mt valleys) and roadsides.
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Yesterday I posted the flowers, today I post the fruits.
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Polygonum cognatum is a weedy creeping perennial. It has distinct large leaves (compared with other polygonums). In Isrtael it is extremely rare, reaching its southern point.
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These are fruits of one of our rarest desert shrublets. In S Israel it occurs in 2-3 sites only. In Egypt (S Sinai Highlands) it is much commoner.
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Polygonum cognatum is a common weed in the mountains of the Caucasus and the Middle East.
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These are fruits of one of our rarest desert shrublets. In S Israel it occurs in 2-3 sites only. In Egypt (S Sinai Highlands) it is much commoner.
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Polygonum maritimum is a coastal perennial, its habitat suffer from extensive tourism development.
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Atraphaxis spinosa is a widespread desert sub-shrub. It belongs to Polygonaceae, hence its rumex-like fruits.
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Polygonum maritimum is a Amediterranean coastal perennial plant. In Israel it is endangered.
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Calligonum comosum is a desert shrub that grows in sandy habitats. Here u can see its flowers.
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A perennial herbaceous rhizomatous plant. Leaves are distinct in the genus in being lobed. The pink flowers are dense is globose heads.
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Calligonum polygonoides is an Asian shrub of sandy desert. In Armenia it is conifned to a small sandy area in Gorovan. In the picture u can see the flowers and the fruits.
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Rheum ribes (rhubarb) reaches its southern border at this point in Mt Hermon. It grows in a scree under a cliff in a remote place. In the past several years it did not bloom, but this rainy year almost all plants bloom and we were lucky to see them. I hope to return and see them in fruit in a month.
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the lowert pic was taken in 19 May 2011 when the plant was in full bloom, after almost a month we have returned to the same plant and took a picture again, this time in fruit.
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a closeup of the rhubarb I posted some days ago
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Rumex cyprius is a common desert annual with winged red fruits. It can be quite large (like here) if it gets water. In drier locations it is a small 5-10 cm tall plant.
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this plant is native to the Canary Islands, it is an invaders in the Mediterranean.
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Rumex nepalensis has typical hooked fruit appendages. In Israel it is an extremely rare plant.
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Rumex pictus is common in coastal and desert sands.
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Rumex pictus is a common annual is the coastal and desert sands in Israel. Here u can see young fruits.