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Index of Plant Families (9 families in this page) |
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AIZOACEAE
Rudolphi
( Fig-Marigold Family ) | Subfamalies: nil.
Family Description: Herbs or small shrubs. Leaves usually opposite and fleshy. Calyx tubular or turbinate, often with fleshy lobes. Petals and stamens usually numerous. Ovary usually inferior or semi-inferior. Fruit woody and opening on moistening, or fleshy and indehiscent. Most of the genera that occur in Europe originate from South Africa. They are cultivated for ornament, and many have become naturalized in milder, more or less frost-free, coastal regions of S. and W. Europe. The taxonomy and nomenclature of this family is confused, since many species and genera have been described from cultivated plants in European gardens without knowledge of the precise origin of the material. Furthermore, these succulent plants make poor herbarium specimens and type specimens have not always been preserved or have not survived. |  |  | |  |
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Common Name |
Maltese Name |
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(L. f.) Schwantes
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum cordifolium | Heart-leaved Ice Plant,
Baby Sun Rose,
Broad-leaved Mesembryanthemum | Widnet Il-Ħanżir,
Widnet Il-Ġurdien | Mar-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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L. Bolus
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum lancifolium | Lance-leaved Ice Plant | Qrun Il-Baqra | Mar-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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(L.) L. Bolus
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum acinaciforme | Glaucous Hottenot Fig,
Point Sourfig Iceplant | Xuxet San Ġwann Rari,
Is-Swaba Tal-Madonna Rari | Mar-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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(L.) N. E. Brown
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum edule | Hottenot Fig,
Kaffir Fig | Xuxet San Ġwann,
Is-Swaba Tal-Madonna | Mar-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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(Hook.f.) L.Bolus
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum cooperi | Though Trailing Ice Plant,
Hardy Ice Plant,
Pink Carpet | Maltese Name Not Known | May-Sep | | Normal Profile
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(L.) L. Bolus
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum crassifolium | Rounded Noon Flower,
Dew Plant,
Purple PigFace | Maltese Name Not Known | May-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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(L.) N. E. Brown
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum aureum | Golden Vygie | Maltese Name Not Known | May-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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(Jacquin) N. E. Brown
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum multiradiatum | Creeping Ice Plant,
Noon Flower | Maltese Name Not Known | May-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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N. E. Brown
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum spectabile | Trailing Ice Plant | Maltese Name Not Known | May-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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(Jacquin) Schwantes
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum croceum | Red Ice Plant,
Coppery Mesembryanthemum | Maltese Name Not Known | All Year |  | Normal Profile
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(Haworth) Schwantes
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum luteum | Rocky Point Ice Plant | Maltese Name Not Known | All Year |  | Normal Profile
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(Haworth) Schwantes
Main Synonym :
Crocanthus purpureocroceus | Tequila Sunrise Ice Plant | Maltese Name Not Known | All Year | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Cryophytum crystallinum | Crystal Ice Plant,
Silvery-leaved Mesembryanthemum | Kristallina Tar-ramel,
Kristallina Kbira | May-Jul |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Cryophytum nodiflorum | Lesser Crystal Ice Plant,
Round-leaved Mesembryanthemum | Kristallina Tal-blat,
Kristallina Kommuni,
Kristallina żgħira | Apr-Jul |  | Normal Profile
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AMARANTHACEAE
Juss.
( Amaranth Family ) | Subfamalies: Amaranthoideae; Gomphrenoideae; Betoideae; Camphorosmoideae; Chenopodioideae (= Chenopodiaceae family); Corispermoideae; Polycnemoideae; Salicornioideae; Salsoloideae; Suaedoideae
Family Description: Herbs or rarely small shrubs. Leaves opposite or alternate, entire, exstipulate. Flowers usually hermaphrodite, often in spicate or capitate, usually bracteate inflorescences; bracteoles 2-5. Perianth almost always dry and scarious, usually 4- or 5-merous; segments free or connate at base. Stamens 1-5, opposite the perianth-segments and usually not exserted. Ovary superior, unilocular; ovules amphitropous. Fruit with a membranous, rarely fleshy wall, dehiscing irregularly, or circumscissile (sometimes indehiscent). | | | | |
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Maltese Name |
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S.Watson
Main Synonym :
Galliaria blitoides | Mat Amaranth,
Prostate Pigweed | Denb Id-dib Tal-ward ħamrani | May-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Albersia blitum | Purple Amaranth | Denb Id-dib Tal-qsari | May-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Amaranthus mantegazzianus | Love-lies-bleeding,
Tassel Flower | Denb Id-dib Lixx | May-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Amaranthus paniculatus | Red Amaranth | Denb Id-dib Vjola Zgħir | May-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Albersia prostrata | Large-fruited Amaranth,
Spreading Amaranth,
Low Pigweed | Denb Id-dib Lixx | May-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Amaranthus melancholicus | Elephant-head Amaranth | Denb Id-dib Vjola Kbir | Oct-Mar |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Glomeraria graecizans | Spreading Pigweed | Ghobbejra ħamra | Jun-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Amaranthus chlorostachys | Prince's Feather Amaranth,
Prince's Of Wales Feather Amaranth,
Hybrid Amaranth | Denb Id-dib Bagħal | May-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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(Moq.) Hieron.
Main Synonym :
Euloxus muricatus | African Amaranth,
Muricate Amaranth | Denb Id-dib Afrikan | All Year |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Galliaria retroflexa | Rough Pigweed,
Redroothed Amaranth,
Common Amaranth | Denb Id-dib Xewwikija | May-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Amaranthus tristis | Joseph's Coat,
Summer Poinsettia,
Chinese Spinach | Denb Id-dib Ta' Tlett Kuluri | May-Dec | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Amaranthus gracilis | Slender Amaranth,
Green Amaranth,
Least Amaranth | Denb Id-dib ħadra | May-Dec |  | Normal Profile
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(Moric.) K.Koch
Main Synonym :
Salicornia macrostachya | Glaucous Glasswort,
Perennial Glasswort,
Shrubby Glasswort | Almeridja Tal-blat | Jul-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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Edmontson
Main Synonym :
Atriplex patula subsp. glabriuscula | Babington's Orache,
Scotland Orache | Bjanka Lixxa | Aug-Nov | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Atriplex halimoides | Shrubby Orache,
Mediterranean Salt Bush,
Shrubby Sea Orache | Bjanka,
Ħaxixa Mielħa | Aug-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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(Brullo & Pavone) G. Kadereit et Sukhor.
Main Synonym :
Cremnophyton lanfrancoi | Maltese Cliff Orache | Bjanka Tal-irdum | Aug-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Atriplex erecta | Common Orache,
Spear Saltbush | Bjanka Skarza | Jul-Nov | | Normal Profile
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DC.
Main Synonym :
Atriplex triangularis | Spear-leaved Orache,
Triangle Orache,
Thinleaf Orache | Selq Il-baħar | Jul-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Atriplex foliolosa | Rosy Orache,
Tumbling Saltweed | Selq Tal-werqa Roża | Jul-Nov | | Normal Profile
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(L.) A. J. Scott
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium scoparia | Summer Cypress,
Kochia | Maltese Name Not Known | Jul-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Beta cicla | Wild Beet | Selq | Mar-Jul | | Normal Profile
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(L.) Arcang.
Main Synonym :
Beta maritima | Sea Beet | Selq Tal-kosta | Mar-Jul | | Normal Profile
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(L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium hybridum | n/a | Maltese Name Not Known | Jul-Aug | | Normal Profile
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(L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium murale | Nettle-leaved Goosefoot | Għobbejra ħadra | Mar-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium viride | Fat Hen,
Lambsquarters | Għobbejra Bajdanija | Jun-Oct | | Normal Profile
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H. J. Coste & A. Reyn.
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium giganteum | Tree Spinach | Maltese Name Not Known | Summer |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Dysphania ambrosioides | Mexican Tea,
Wormseed | Għobbejra Tfuħ Te' Falz | Apr-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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Smith
Main Synonym :
Anserina ficifolia | Fig-leaved Goosefoot | Maltese Name Not Known | Jun-Aug | | Normal Profile
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Schrad. ex W.D.J.Koch & Ziz
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium album subsp. opulifolium | Grey Goosefoot,
Seaport Goosefoot | Għobbejra Griża | May-Sep |  | Normal Profile
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Roth
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium album subsp. striatum | Striated Fat Hen | Għobbejra Bajdanija Strixxata | Jun-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium foetidum | Stinking Goosefoot,
Notchweed | Għobbejra Tinten | Apr-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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(L.) Aellen
Main Synonym :
Atriplex portulacoides | Sea Purslane | Maltese Name Not Known | Jul-Dec |  | Normal Profile
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(L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium urbicum | Upright Goosefoot,
City Goosefoot | Għobbejra | Jun-Nov | | Normal Profile
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Dumort
Main Synonym :
Salicornia ramosissima | Twiggy Glasswort | Almeridja | Jun-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Kali australis | Saltwort,
Prickly Saltwort | Ħaxixa Tal-irmied Xewwikija | Jul-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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Botschantzev
Main Synonym :
Darniella melitensis | Maltese Salt Tree | Xebb,
Siġra Tal-irmied | Summer | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Kali soda | Opposite-leaved Saltwort,
Smooth-leaved Saltwort | Ħaxixa Tal-irmied | Jul-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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(L.) A.J.Scott
Main Synonym :
Salicornia europaea var. fruticosa | Shrubby Glasswort | Almeridja Arbuxxel Tal-blat | Aug-Nov | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Spinacia glabra | Spinach | Spinaċi | Summer | | Normal Profile
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(L.) Dumort.
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium maritimum | Common Seablite | Swejda Tal-baħar | Jun-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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Gmelin
Main Synonym :
Suaeda fruticosa subsp. vera | Shrubby Seablite,
Alkali Seablite | Swejda | Jun-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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BASELLACEAE
Moq.-Tand.
( Basella Family ) | Subfamalies: nil.
Family Description: Glabrous, perennial, twining herbs, usually fleshy. Leaves alternate, usually ovate with a more or less cordate base, entire. Flowers in spikes, racemes or racemose panicles, hermaphrodite. Sepals 2; petals 5; stamens 5, opposite petals. Ovary unilocular, with 3 styles and a single basal ovule. Fruit indehiscent, fleshy, surrounded by persistent sepals and petals. | | | | |
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Maltese Name |
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(Tenore) Steenis
Main Synonym :
Boussingaultia cordifolia | Madeira Vine | Maltese Name Not Known | Summer |  | Normal Profile
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CACTACEAE
Juss.
( Cactus Family ) | Subfamalies: Cactoideae; Maihuenioideae; Opuntioideae; Pereskioideae
Family Description: Perennial, succulent plants; stems columnar, cylindrical or flattened, often jointed (the individual segments being referred to as joints). Leaves absent or small, subulate, caducous. Branches, spines, flowers and sometimes barbed bristles (glochids) developed from more or less circular, cushion-like structures (areoles) situated in leaf-axils when leaves are present. Flowers hermaphrodite, solitary, sessile. Perianth with tube; sepals numerous and intergrading with petals, all imbricate in several rows. Stamens numerous; filaments inserted on perianth-throat. Style 1; stigmas 2 to many. Ovary inferior, 1-celled; placentae 3 or more, parietal; ovules numerous. Fruit a berry, often spiny or glochidiate, usually many-seeded. | | | | |
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Maltese Name |
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(L.) Hummelink
Main Synonym :
Acanthocereus pentagonus | Barbed Wire Cereus,
Pitahaya Anaranjada | Maltese Name Not Known | Summer | | Normal Profile
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(Muhlenpfordt) Backeberg
Main Synonym :
Opuntia subulata | Eve's Needle,
Cane Cholla | Maltese Name Not Known | Summer |  | Normal Profile
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(Haworth) Britton & Rose
Main Synonym :
Cereus undatus | Red Pitaya,
Dragon Fruit,
Strawberry Pear | Maltese Name Not Known | Summer |  | Normal Profile
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(Ker-Gawler) Haworth
Main Synonym :
Cactus indicus | Erect Prickly Pear | Maltese Name Not Known | May-Aug |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Opuntia ficus-barbarica | Prickly Pear,
Indian Fig,
Barbary Fig | Bajtar Tax-xewk,
Bajtar Tal-Indja,
Franċiż | May-Jul |  | Normal Profile
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(Lehm.) Pfeiff.
Main Synonym :
Opuntia macrocalyx | Bunny Ears Cactus,
Angel's Wings,
Polka-dot Cactus | Maltese Name Not Known | May-Jul |  | Normal Profile
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F.A.C.Weber
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Cocoche Loco,
Nopal Crinado | Maltese Name Not Known | Jun-Aug |  | Normal Profile
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Miller
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Prickly Pear Cactus,
Palma Brava | Maltese Name Not Known | Summer |  | Normal Profile
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CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Juss.
( Pink (Carnation) Family ) | Subfamalies: Alsinoideae; Silenoideae; Paronychioideae
Family Description: Herbs, more rarely small shrubs. Leaves usually opposite and decussate, more rarely alternate or verticillate, simple, entire, with or without scarious stipules. Flowers actinomorphic, usually hermaphrodite, often in bracteate dichasia. Sepals 4 or 5, free, or fused and often united by scarious strips of tissue (commissures) alternating with the calyx-teeth. Petals (0-)4 or 5, free. Stamens usually 8-10, obdiplostemonous. Ovary superior, unilocular at least above, with 1 to numerous campylotropous ovules on a basal or free-central placenta; stigmas (1)2-5. Fruit usually a capsule, dehiscing with teeth equalling the styles in number or twice as many; more rarely fruit a berry or achene. | | | | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Lychnis githago | Corn Cockle | Maltese Name Not Known | Apr-May | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Thyme-leaved Sandwort | Maltese Name Not Known | Mar-May | | Normal Profile
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Persoon
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Grey Mouse-Ear,
Grey Chickweed | Widen Il-ġurdien Abjad | Mar-Apr | | Normal Profile
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Thuillier
Main Synonym :
Cerastium acutatum | Broad-leaved Mouse-Ear,
Sticky Mouse-Ear,
Sticky Chickweed | Widen Il-ġurdien Idellek | Dec-Apr |  | Normal Profile
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Viviani
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Large-flowered Mouse-Ear | Maltese Name Not Known | Jan-Mar | | Normal Profile
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DC.
Main Synonym :
Herniaria hirsuta subsp. cinerea | Grey Rupture-Wort | Maltese Name Not Known | Apr-Aug | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Hairy Rupture-Wort | Maltese Name Not Known | Apr-Aug |  | Normal Profile
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(Link) Maly
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Mediterranean Sandwort | Maltese Name Not Known | Mar-Jun | | Normal Profile
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Lamarck
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Silvery Paronychia | Maltese Name Not Known | Feb-Jun | | Normal Profile
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Boissier
Main Synonym :
Paronychia capitata subsp. macrosepala | n/a | Maltese Name Not Known | Apr-May | | Normal Profile
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(Bivona) DC.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Few-flowered Allseed | Maltese Name Not Known | Mar-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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Cavanilles
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Two-leaved Allseed | Maltese Name Not Known | Mar-Jun | | Normal Profile
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(L.) L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Four-leaved Allseed,
Four-leaved Manyseed | Maltese Name Not Known | Mar-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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Forsskal
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Pteranthus | Maltese Name Not Known | Mar-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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(Poiret) F. N. Williams
Main Synonym :
Minuartia geniculata | Woody Sandwort,
Woody Rhodasline | Ramlina Għawdxija,
Rodalsine | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
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Ardoino
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Annual Pearlwort | Maltese Name Not Known | Feb-Apr |  | Normal Profile
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G. Don
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Sea Pearlwort | Ġawhra Tax-xatt | Feb-Apr |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Procumbent Pearlwort | Maltese Name Not Known | Feb-Apr | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Hairless Catchfly | Maltese Name Not Known | Mar-Apr | | Normal Profile
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Jussieui ex Jacquin
Main Synonym :
Silene vespertina | Dense-flowered Catchfly | Maltese Name Not Known | Feb-Jul | | Normal Profile
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(L.) Godron
Main Synonym :
Lychnis coelirosa | Rose Catchfly | Maltese Name Not Known | Apr-May | | Normal Profile
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Poiret
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Pink Pirouette,
Dwarf Pink Star,
Mediterranean Catchfly | Ilsien L-għasfur,
Sieq Iz-Zakak | Jan-May |  | Detailed Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Woody Catchfly,
Shrubby Campion | Lsien L-Għasfur Tal-Blat | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Small-flowered Catchfly | Maltese Name Not Known | Apr-Jul | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Night-flowering Catchfly | Lsien L-għasfur Ta' Bil-lejl | Feb-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Drooping Catchfly | Maltese Name Not Known | Mar-Jun | | Normal Profile
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Poiret
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Hairy Catchfly | Lsien L-għasfur Irqiq | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
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(Moench) Garcke
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Bladder Campion,
Bird's Egg,
Maiden's Tears | Qasqejża | Jan-May |  | Detailed Profile
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Hayek
Main Synonym :
Silene angustifolia | Narrow-leaved Bladder Campion | Qasqejża Tal-weraq Dojjoq | Jan-May |  | Normal Profile
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(Scheele) Graebner
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Boccone's Sea-Spurrey,
Greek Sea-Spurrey,
Large-flowered Sand Spurrey | Maltese Name Not Known | Summer |  | Normal Profile
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(Gussone) Boissier
Main Synonym :
Spergularia salsuginea | Southern Sea-Spurrey | Maltese Name Not Known | Mar-May | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Spergularia marginata | Greater Sea-Spurrey,
Diandra Sea-Spurrey | Arenarja | Feb-Apr | | Normal Profile
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Presl
Main Synonym :
Spergularia marina | Lesser Sea-Spurrey,
Salt Sand Spurrey,
Saltmarsh Sand Spurrey | Maltese Name Not Known | Feb-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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(Jordan & Fourreau) Beguinot
Main Synonym :
Stellaria media subsp. cupaniana | n/a | Maltese Name Not Known | Jan-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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(L.) Villars
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Common Chickweed | Maltese Name Not Known | Jan-Jun | | Normal Profile
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Weihe
Main Synonym :
Stellaria media subsp. neglecta | Greater Chickweed | Maltese Name Not Known | Jan-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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(Dumort) Murbeck
Main Synonym :
Stellaria media subsp. pallida | Lesser Chickweed | Ħarira Bajda | Jan-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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(Miller) Rauschert
Main Synonym :
Vaccaria pyramidata | Cowherb | Maltese Name Not Known | Mar-May | | Normal Profile
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NYCTAGINACEAE
Juss.
( Four o'clock Family ) | Subfamalies: nil.
Family Description: Herbs, shrubs or woody climbers, often with swollen nodes. Leaves simple, entire, exstipulate. Flowers solitary or in small, terminal umbels (rarely in whorls), subtended by bracts which often simulate a perianth. Perianth petaloid, tubular, with a short, 5-lobed limb; lower part of tube persistent and concrescent with the fruit to form an achene-like anthocarp. Stamens usually 3-5. Ovary superior, 1-celled, containing a single ovule. | | | | |
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Choisy
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Lesser Bougainvillea,
Paper Flower | Buganvilla żgħira | Feb-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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Willdenow
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Bougainvillea | Buganvilla | Feb-Oct | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Mirabilis odorata | Four O'clock Flower,
Marvel Of Peru | Ħummejr | Dec-Jul | | Normal Profile
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PHYTOLACCACEAE
R. Br.
( Pokeweed Family ) | Subfamalies: Agdestioideae; Phytolaccoideae; Rivinioideae
Family Description: Herbs, shrubs or trees with alternate, entire leaves. Flowers in racemes. Perianth-segments 5, free, persistent. Stamens hypogynous. Carpels united at least at the base (rarely free), each containing a single ovule. | | | | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Phytolacca decandra | American Pokeweed,
American Nightshade,
Cancer Jalap | Russett | Jun-Dec |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Phytolacca arborea | Ombu,
Elephant Tree,
Bella Umbra | Maltese Name Not Known | May-Aug |  | Normal Profile
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POLYGONACEAE
Juss.
( Dock Family ) | Subfamalies: Polygonoideae; Eriogonoideae
Family Description: Herbs, shrubs or climbers. Leaves nearly always alternate; stipules often united to form a membranous sheath (ochrea). Flowers hermaphrodite or unisexual; perianth 3- to 6-merous, herbaceous, often enlarging and becoming membranous in fruit. Stamens usually 6-9. Ovary superior, unilocular; styles 2-4; ovule solitary, basal. Fruit a trigonous or lenticular nut. | | | | |
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(L.) Campdera
Main Synonym :
Rumex spinosus | Spiny Dock,
Devil's Thorn,
Spiny Emex | Selq Xewwieki | Jan-May |  | Normal Profile
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(Louis Henry) Holub
Main Synonym :
Bilderdykia aubertii | Silver Lace Vine,
Pink Flamingo Plant | Maltese Name Not Known | May-Sep |  | Normal Profile
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(L.) Love
Main Synonym :
Fallopia baldschuanica | Black Bindweed | Leblieba ħadra | May-Sep |  | Normal Profile
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(Brown) Sojak
Main Synonym :
Polygonum lapathifolium subsp. lanigera | African Persicaria | Persikarja Roża | Summer |  | Normal Profile
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(L.) Gray
Main Synonym :
Polygonum lapathifolium | Pale Persicaria | Maltese Name Not Known | May-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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(Willdenow) Asenov
Main Synonym :
Polygonum serrulatum | Willow-leaved Knotgrass | Persikarja Tal-Baħrija | May-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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(Meissner) Sojak
Main Synonym :
Polygonum senegalensis | Senegalese Knotgrass | Maltese Name Not Known | Summer |  | Normal Profile
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Boreau
Main Synonym :
Polygonum aviculare subsp. arenastrum | Prostrate Knotgrass | Maltese Name Not Known | Apr-Nov | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Polygonum nanum | Knotgrass,
Prostate Knotweed | Lewża Tar-raba | Apr-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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Allioni
Main Synonym :
Polygonum nudum | Narrow-leaved Knotgrass | Maltese Name Not Known | Mar-May | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Sea Knotgrass | Lewża Tal-baħar | Apr-Jul |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Acetosa bucephalophora | Red Dock,
Horned Dock | Selq ħamrani | Dec-May |  | Normal Profile
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Murray
Main Synonym :
Rumex glomeratus | Clustered Dock,
Green Dock,
Sharp Dock | Qarsajja Tal-ilma | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Rumex elongatus | Curly Dock | Maltese Name Not Known | Apr-Sep |  | Normal Profile
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DC.
Main Synonym :
Rumex graecus | Crested Dock,
Greek Dock | Qarsajja Kbira | Apr-Sep |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Rumex acutus | Broad-leaved Dock | Maltese Name Not Known | May-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Rumex lyratus | Fiddle Dock | Maltese Name Not Known | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Red-Veined Dock | Maltese Name Not Known | Mar-May | | Normal Profile
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