Wild flowers, herbs and plants in Holy Land sites
A cross reference of BibleWalks sites with Nature photos - wild flowers, herbs and plants.
Song of Solomon 2:12: "The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come"
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This web page summarizes the sites that feature wild flowers, herbs and plants which relate to Biblical verses or subjects.
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Sites with Wild flowers:
The following table lists the sites with special wild flowers, herbs and plants that are featured in BibleWalks.
Click on the site's name to see more information, or on the photo to view it in higher resolution.
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Flower's
name in English (and Hebrew) |
Scientific
name |
Biblical & Historical References |
Featured
Site (click & go) |
Photo (click to view) |
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| Squirting Cucumbers
(Yerikat Hachamor)
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Ecballium
elaterium |
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Kings 4:38-39:
"And Elisha... found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage...". |
Tell |
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"Pretty Carmelite"
(Carmelite Na-ah) |
Ricotia
Brassicaceae |
These delicate flowers, which grow among the rocks in most of the Galilee and here near the Carmelite monastery, are cross-shaped and resemble Carmelite crosses. |
Stella |
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Yellow- Asphodel
(Ironi-Tzahov) |
Asphodeline lutea |
Stella
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| Tower of Bells
"Khatamit Zifanit"
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Althaea
setosa Boiss |
Geva |
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Hispid
Viper's-bugloss
(Achna'i) |
Echium Angustifolium | Pigeons |
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| Israeli Luf |
Arum Palaestinum |
Pigeons caves |
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| Ephedra plant
(Sharvitan Matsui) |
Foeminea Forssk |
Jerusalem Western wall: a bush of this Ephedra grew in the cracks, and during summer time it dropped water down to the prayer area. |
Migdal-Malcha |
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Corn Poppy
(Pereg) |
Papaver
subpiriforme
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Isaiah 40 6-8: "All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades when the breath of the Lord blows on it; surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever".
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Kh. Zagag |
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| Oriental Viper's Grass
(Hardufnin Hatzitzit) |
Scorzonera
papposa |
Migdal- |
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| Colchicum
tauri
(Sitvanit Hermon) |
Colchicum
tauri |
Sitvanit is referred in the Mishna, the 2nd C AD books of Jewish practices, where it is said to be used to produce vinegar |
Beit Jan |
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| Spiny Hawthorn
(Uzrar Kotzani) |
Crataegus
aronia |
One of the Christian traditions is that the Jesus’ crown of thorns was twisted from twigs of the bush, and thus the bush is also called "Christ Thorn" |
Beit Jan |
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| Eastern
Strawberry
(Katlav Matsui) |
Arbutus
andrachne |
2 Samuel 18:9-17: "And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak,..." |
Beit Jan |
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Globe-thistle
(Kipodan) |
Echinops
adenocaulos |
Matthew 13 7:"...and the thorns sprung up...". | Zavat |
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| Silverleaf Nightshade |
Solanum
elaeagnifolium
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Zavat |
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| Daffodils
(Narkis) |
Narcissus |
Possibly - Lily of the valleys:
Song of Solomon 2 1: "I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys". |
Zavat |
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| Wild white mustard
(Hardal Lavan) |
Synapis alba | Zavat |
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| Splendid
Bindweed
(Khavalval-Hasi'akh) |
Convolvulus dorycnium |
El Khader |
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| (Rakkefet) |
Cyclamen
persicum |
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| Barbary Nut (Tsaharon)
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Iris
sisyrinchium |
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| Anemone
(Kalanit)
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Possible identification:
Isaiah 17 10: "Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation ... therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants,...".
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| Hyssop Herb (Ezov Matsui, Za'atar)
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Origanum syriaca |
Exodus
12:22:
"And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in
the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side
posts with the blood that is in the basin". |
Sharta |
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| Toothpick (Ammita Gdola) |
Ammi majus | Kh. Bata |
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| Squill
(Hazav) |
Urginea
maritima |
(Legend) Joshua used the squill bulbs to mark the borders between the tribes.
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| Common
Giant Fennel
(Kelech Matsui)
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Ferula
communis |
Job 30 2: "Yea, whereto might the strength of
their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?"
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Tell Beit |
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| Roman Nettle
(Sirpad Hakadurim) |
Urtica pilulifera |
Job 30, 7: "Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together". | Tabor - |
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| (Charchevina -Makchila)
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Eryngium creticum |
Charchevina is listed in the Mishna, the 2nd C AD books of Jewish practices, as one of the plants that are allowed as Passover bitter herbs (Passachim 2: 6). |
Beit Uriyah |
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| Lilac Chaste Tree - Monk's Pepper
(Siach Avraham Matsui)
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Vitex agnus-castus |
Genesis 22, 13: "And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son". |
Hilazon |
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| More will be added... |
Biblical references:
These are dozens of
references to flowers, herbs and plants in the Bible. Here are some samples -
Song of Solomon 2:12: "The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come"
Psalms 103:15: "As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth."
Proverbs 15:17: "Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith".
Genesis 1:11: "And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so".
Job 14 9:"Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant."
Etymology (behind the name):
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Links:
- Wild flowers of Israel - guide to Israeli wild flowers.
- Flora - the Flora of Israel
- Tiuli - Flowers of Israel
BibleWalks.com - "The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come"
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