Erucaria rostrata

(Boiss.) A. W. Hill ex Greuter & Burdet;

Slih hadhari

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Flowers

The flowers are edible.

It is a Mediterranean plant. It grows in semi-arid areas.

Egypt - Sinai, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Mediterranean, Middle East, Palestine, Sinai, Syria,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bahrain, Cyprus, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, France, Greece, Croatia, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Monaco, Montenegro, Malta, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen

A herb. It grows each year from seed. The flowers are simple. The flowers are pale purple.

Plants grow from seed.

Names & Synonyms

Didesmus rostratus Boiss.Erucaria boveana Coss.and others

References (2)

Albalawneh, A., et al, 2022, Traditional Knowledge of Wild Plant Species Used by Local People Inhabiting the Southern Part of Wadi Araba Desert in South-West Jordan. Research Square. (As Erucaria boveana)
Bailey, C. and Danin, A., 1981, Bedouin Plant Utilization in Sinai and the Negev. Economic Botany 35(2): 145-162 (As Erucaria boveana)