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Index of Plant Families (127 families in this page) |
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ACANTHACEAE
Juss.
( Acanthus Family ) | Subfamalies: Acanthoideae; Avicennioideae; Nelsonioideae; Thunbergioideae
Family Description: Herbs or shrubs. Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate. Flowers zygomorphic, in spike-like inflorescences. Bracts often conspicuous, coloured. Calyx 4-lobed, 2-lipped, or campanulate, 5-fid. Corolla sympetalous, zygomorphic, with a short tube; limb 2-lipped with the upper lip subentire and the lower 3-fid, or 1-lipped with the upper lip absent. Stamens 2 or 4. Ovary superior, 2-locular, with axile placentae; style single, unequally 2-lobed. Fruit a loculicidal capsule with indurated funicles (jaculators) which eject the seeds. |  |  | |  |
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| Botanical Name |
Common Name |
Maltese Name |
Flowering Period |
Thumbnail Picture |
Profile Type |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Acanthus spinulosus Host
| Bear's Breech,
Artists's Acanthus,
Oyster plant | Ħannewija | May-Jun |  | Detailed Profile
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50
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L.
Main Synonym :
Acanthus spinosissimus Pers.
| Spiny Bear's Breeches | Ħannewija xewwikija | May-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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0
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L.
Main Synonym :
Adhatoda vasica Nees
| Malabar Nut | Ġustizja | Mar-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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2
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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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| Botanical Name |
Common Name |
Maltese Name |
Flowering Period |
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(L.) L. Bolus
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum acinaciforme L.
| Hybrid Glaucous Hottenot Fig,
Hybrid Sourfig Iceplant | Xuxet San Ġwann il-komuni,
Is-Swaba tal-Madonna il-komuni | Mar-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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18
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(L.) L. Bolus
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum acinaciforme L.
| Glaucous Hottenot Fig,
Point Sourfig Iceplant | Xuxet San Ġwann iż-żgħira,
Is-Swaba tal-Madonna iż-żgħira | Mar-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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9
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(L.) N.E.Br.
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum edule L.
| Hottenot Fig,
Kaffir Fig | Xuxet San Ġwann is-safra,
Is-Swaba tal-Madonna is-safra | Mar-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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5
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(Hook. fil.) L.Bolus
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum cooperi Hoof f.
| Though Trailing Ice Plant,
Hardy Ice Plant,
Pink Carpet | Maltese name not known | May-Aug |  | Normal Profile
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7
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(L.) L.Bolus
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum crassifolium L.
| Rounded Noon Flower,
Dew Plant,
Purple PigFace | Maltese name not known | May-Aug |  | Normal Profile
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0
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(L.) Schwantes
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum hispidum L.
| Hairy Dewflower,
Miniature Pigs Face | Kristallina vjola iż-żgħira,
Drożantema sufija | May-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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6
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(L.) N.E.Br.
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum aureum L.
| Golden Vygie | Maltese name not known | May-Aug | | Normal Profile
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0
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(Jacquin) N.E.Br.
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum multiradiatum Jacq.
Lampranthus roseus (Willdenow) Schwantes | Creeping Ice Plant,
Noon Flower | Maltese name not known | May-Aug |  | Normal Profile
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4
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N.E.Br.
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum spectabile Haw.
| Trailing Ice Plant | Maltese name not known | May-Aug |  | Normal Profile
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7
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(Jacq.) Schwantes
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum croceum Jacq.
| Red Ice Plant,
Coppery Mesembryanthemum | Kristallina kbira l-oranġo | All Year |  | Normal Profile
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9
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(Haw.) Schwantes
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum luteum Haw.
| Rocky Point Ice Plant | Kristallina kbira is-safra | All Year |  | Normal Profile
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8
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(Haw.) Schwantes
Main Synonym :
Crocanthus purpureocroceus (Haw.) L.Bolus
| Tequila Sunrise Ice Plant | Kristallina ta' żewġ ilwien | All Year |  | Normal Profile
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12
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N.E.Br.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
| Pink-flowered hybrid Malephora | Maltese name not known | Mar-Nov | _t0.jpg "Malephora species (hybrid) / Fig-Marigold") | Normal Profile
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8
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L. fil.
Main Synonym :
Aptenia cordifolia (L. fil.) Schwantes
Aptenia cordifolia (L. fil.) Schwantes | Heart-leaved Ice Plant,
Baby Sun Rose,
Lilac Aptenia | Widnet il-ħanżir,
Widnet il-Ġurdien | Mar-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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10
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L.
Main Synonym :
Cryophytum crystallinum (L.) N.E.Br.
| Crystal Ice Plant,
Silvery-leaved Mesembryanthemum | Kristallina tar-ramel,
Kristallina kbira | May-Jul |  | Normal Profile
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10
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(L.Bolus) Klak
Main Synonym :
Aptenia lancifolia L. Bolus
Aptenia lancifolia L. Bolus | Lance-leaved Ice Plant,
Lesser Baby Sun Rose,
Red Aptenia | Qrun il-baqra | Mar-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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14
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L.
Main Synonym :
Cryophytum nodiflorum (L.) L.Bolus
| Lesser Crystal Ice Plant,
Round-leaved Mesembryanthemum | Kristallina tal-blat,
Kristallina żgħira,
Kristallina komuni | Apr-Jul |  | Normal Profile
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8
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ALISMATACEAE
Vent.
( Water-plantain Family ) | Subfamalies: nil.
Family Description: Aquatic or marsh herbs, usually perennial. Leaves alternate or basal, sheathing at the base. Flowers hermaphrodite or unisexual, usually bracteate and verticillate in pedunculate umbels, racemes or panicles, occasionally long-pedunculate in leaf-axils. Sepals 3. Petals 3, usually larger than the sepals, often fugacious or deciduous. Stamens 3-numerous, with elongated filaments; anthers opening by longitudinal slits. Carpels 3-numerous, spirally arranged or whorled, free or connate at the base; ovules 1-many; styles apical or subventral. Fruit a group of achenes, drupelets or follicles; seeds without endosperm; embryo horseshoe-shaped. | | | | |
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| Botanical Name |
Common Name |
Maltese Name |
Flowering Period |
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Profile Type |
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With.
Main Synonym :
Alisma stenophyllum (Asch. & Graebn.) Sam.
| Spear-leaved Water Plantain | Biżbula tal-Ilma tal-werqa dejqa | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
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5
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L.
Main Synonym :
Alisma major Gray
| Water Plantain,
Greater Water Plantain,
Mad-dog weed | Biżbula tal-Ilma | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
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11
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Cosson
Main Synonym :
Alisma bourgaei (Coss.) Nyman
| Mediterranean Starfruit Plantain | Damażonju | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
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16
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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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| Botanical Name |
Common Name |
Maltese Name |
Flowering Period |
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Profile Type |
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(L.) All.
Main Synonym :
Achyranthes aspera var. sicula L.
| Devil's horsewhip,
Prickly chaff flower | Maltese name not known | Mar-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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7
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S.Watson
Main Synonym :
Galliaria blitoides Nieuwl.
| Mat Amaranth,
Prostate Pigweed | Denb id-dib tal-ward ħamrani | May-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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14
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L.
Main Synonym :
Albersia blitum (L.) Kunth
| Purple Amaranth | Denb id-dib tal-qsari | May-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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2
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L.
Main Synonym :
Amaranthus mantegazzianus Pass.
| Love-lies-bleeding,
Tassel Flower | Denb id-dib lixx | May-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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3
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L.
Main Synonym :
Amaranthus paniculatus L.
| Red Amaranth | Denb id-dib vjola zgħir | May-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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9
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L.
Main Synonym :
Albersia prostrata (L.) Fourr.
| Large-fruited Amaranth,
Spreading Amaranth,
Low Pigweed | Denb id-dib lixx | May-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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13
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Amaranthus melancholicus L.
| Elephant-head Amaranth | Denb id-dib vjola kbir | Apr-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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4
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Glomeraria graecizans (L.) Cav.
| Spreading Pigweed | Ghobbejra ħamra | Jun-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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3
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L.
Main Synonym :
Amaranthus chlorostachys Willd.
| Prince's Feather Amaranth,
Prince's of Wales Feather Amaranth,
Hybrid Amaranth | Denb id-dib bagħal | May-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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5
images. | |
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(Moq.) Hieron.
Main Synonym :
Euloxus muricatus Moq.
| African Amaranth,
Muricate Amaranth | Denb id-dib Afrikan | Apr-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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7
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Galliaria retroflexa (L.) Nieuwl.
| Rough Pigweed,
Redroothed Amaranth,
Common Amaranth | Denb id-dib xewwikija | May-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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12
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L.
Main Synonym :
Amaranthus tristis L.
| Joseph's Coat,
Summer Poinsettia,
Chinese Spinach | Denb id-dib ta' tlett kuluri | May-Dec | | Normal Profile
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0
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Amaranthus gracilis Desf.
| Slender Amaranth,
Green Amaranth,
Least Amaranth | Denb id-dib ħadra | May-Dec |  | Normal Profile
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10
images. | |
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(Moric.) K.Koch
Main Synonym :
Salicornia macrostachya Moric.
| Glaucous Glasswort,
Perennial Glasswort,
Shrubby Glasswort | Almeridja tal-blat | Jul-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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13
images. | |
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Edmontson
Main Synonym :
Atriplex patula subsp. glabriuscula (Edmondston) H.M.Hall & Clem.
| Babington's Orache,
Scotland Orache | Bjanka lixxa | Aug-Nov | | Normal Profile
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0
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L.
Main Synonym :
Atriplex halimoides Tineo
| Shrubby Orache,
Mediterranean Salt Bush,
Shrubby Sea Orache | Bjanka,
Ħaxixa mielħa | Aug-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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10
images. | |
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(Brullo & Pavone) G. Kadereit et Sukhor.
Main Synonym :
Cremnophyton lanfrancoi Brullo & Pavone
Cremnophyton lanfrancoi Brullo & Pavone | Maltese Cliff Orache | Bjanka tal-irdum | Aug-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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14
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Atriplex erecta Huds.
| Common Orache,
Spear Saltbush | Bjanka skarza | Jul-Nov | | Normal Profile
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0
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Halimus portulacoides (L.) Dumort.
Halimione portulacoides (L.) Aellen | Sea Purslane | Maltese name not known | Oct-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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14
images. | |
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DC.
Main Synonym :
Atriplex triangularis Willd.
| Spear-leaved Orache,
Triangle Orache,
Thinleaf Orache | Selq il-baħar | Jul-Nov |  | Normal Profile
with
16
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Atriplex foliolosa Link.
| Rosy Orache,
Tumbling Saltweed | Selq tal-werqa roża | Jul-Nov | | Normal Profile
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0
images. | |
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(L.) A. J. Scott
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium scoparia L.
| Summer Cypress,
Kochia | Maltese name not known | Aug-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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9
images. | |
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(L.) Arcang.
Main Synonym :
Beta maritima L.
| Sea Beet | Selq tal-kosta | Mar-Jul |  | Normal Profile
with
13
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Beta cicla L.
| Wild Beet | Selq | Mar-Jul |  | Normal Profile
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4
images. | |
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(L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium hybridum L.
Chenopodium hybridum L. | Maple-leaved goosefoot | Maltese name not known | May-Jul | | Normal Profile
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0
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(L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium murale L.
Chenopodium murale L. | Nettle-leaved Goosefoot | Għobbejra ħadra | Mar-Dec |  | Normal Profile
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12
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L.
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium viride L.
| Fat Hen,
Lambsquarters | Għobbejra Bajdanija | Jun-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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6
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H. J. Coste & A. Reyn.
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium giganteum D.Don.
Chenopodium giganteum D.Don. | Tree Spinach | Maltese name not known | Jun-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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3
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants
| Mexican Tea,
Wormseed | Għobbejra Tfuħ Te' Falz | Apr-Nov |  | Normal Profile
with
6
images. | |
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Smith
Main Synonym :
Anserina ficifolia (Sm.) Friche-Joset & Montandon
| Fig-leaved Goosefoot | Maltese name not known | May-Jul | | Normal Profile
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0
images. | |
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Schrad. ex W.D.J.Koch & Ziz
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium album subsp. opulifolium (Schrad. ex W.D.J.Koch & Ziz) Batt.
| Grey Goosefoot,
Seaport Goosefoot | Għobbejra griża | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
9
images. | |
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Roth
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium album subsp. striatum (Krašan) Murr
| Striated Fat Hen | Għobbejra bajdanija strixxata | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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6
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium foetidum Lam.
| Stinking Goosefoot,
Notchweed | Għobbejra tinten | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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6
images. | |
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(L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium urbicum L.
Chenopodium urbicum L. | Upright Goosefoot,
City Goosefoot | Għobbejra | May-Nov | | Normal Profile
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0
images. | |
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Dumort
Main Synonym :
Salicornia appressa Dumort.
Salicornia ramosissima Woods | Twiggy Glasswort | Almeridja,
Salikornja | Jul-Oct |  | Normal Profile
with
6
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Kali australis (L.) Akhani & Roalson
| Saltwort,
Prickly Saltwort | Ħaxixa tal-irmied xewwikija | May-Aug |  | Normal Profile
with
10
images. | |
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Botsch.
Main Synonym :
Darniella melitensis (Botsch.) Brullo
Darniella melitensis (Botsch.) Brullo | Maltese Salt Tree | Xebb,
Siġra tal-irmied | Sep-Nov |  | Normal Profile
with
18
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Kali soda (L.) Scop.
| Opposite-leaved Saltwort,
Smooth-leaved Saltwort | Ħaxixa tal-irmied | Jul-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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6
images. | |
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(L.) A.J.Scott
Main Synonym :
Salicornia europaea var. fruticosa L.
| Shrubby Glasswort | Almeridja arbuxxel tal-blat | Sep-Nov | | Normal Profile
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0
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Spinacia glabra Mill.
| Spinach | Spinaċi | Jun-Aug | | Normal Profile
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0
images. | |
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(L.) Dumort.
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium maritimum L.
| Common Seablite | Swejda tal-baħar | Jun-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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8
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Gmelin
Main Synonym :
Suaeda fruticosa subsp. vera (Gmel.) Maire & Weiller
| Shrubby Seablite,
Alkali Seablite | Swejda | Jun-Oct |  | Normal Profile
with
8
images. | |
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AMARYLLIDACEAE
Jaume St.-Hil
( Daffodil or Amaryllis Family ) | Subfamalies: Agapanthoideae (= Agapanthaceae family); Allioideae (= Alliaceae family); Amaryllidoideae (Amaryllidaceae family senso strico)
Family Description: Glabrous, bulbous, scapose (rarely more or less acaulescent), perennial herbs. Leaves all basal, linear to lorate or oblanceolate, often distichous. Flowers in an umbel (sometimes reduced to a single flower), subtended by a spathe of 1 or more usually scarious valves. Flowers hermaphrodite, regular or slightly zygomorphic. Perianth of 6 petaloid segments, arising from the apex of the ovary, or from a hypanthial tube. Corona sometimes present. Stamens 6. Ovary inferior, 3-locular; stigma capitate or shortly 3-lobed. Fruit a loculicidal or irregularly dehiscent capsule, sometimes with fleshy pericarp and transitional to a berry. | | | | |
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| Botanical Name |
Common Name |
Maltese Name |
Flowering Period |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Porrum ampeloprasum (L.) Mill.
| Broadleaf Wild Leek | Tewm selvaġġ | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
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8
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Cepa vulgaris Garsault
| Garden Onion,
Bulb Onion | Basla | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
6
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Saturnia chamaemoly (L.) Salisb.
| Dwarf Garlic | Tewm qerqni | Dec-Jan |  | Normal Profile
with
10
images. | |
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Guss.
Main Synonym :
Allium ampeloprasum var. commutatum (Guss.) Fior
| Maritime Wild Leek,
Sea Garlic | Kurrat tax-xatt | Jun-Jul |  | Normal Profile
with
13
images. | |
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nothosp. nov.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
| Hybrid Sea Leek | Kurrat tax-xatt bagħal | Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
17
images. | |
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Brullo, Lanfr. & Pavone
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
| Maltese Dwarf Garlic | Tewm irqiq ta' Malta,
Tewm żgħir ta' Malta | Jun-Jul |  | Normal Profile
with
8
images. | |
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Cirillo
Main Synonym :
Allium amblyopetalum Link
| Naples Leek,
White garlic | Kurrat ta' Napli | Mar-Apr |  | Normal Profile
with
7
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Molium nigrum (L.) Haw.
| Black Garlic,
Broad-leaved black garlic | Ċuplajs | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
with
5
images. | |
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(Redouté) K.Richt.
Main Synonym :
Allium longispathum Redouté
Allium dentiferum Webb & Berthel. | Pale garlic | Tewm Safrani | May-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
9
images. | |
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Schult. & Schult. fil.
Main Synonym :
Allium ampeloprasum subsp. polyanthum (Schult. & Schult. f.) O.Bolòs & al.
Allium commutatum Gussone | Many-flowered garlic | Kurrat selvaġġ | May-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
13
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Allium carneum Ten.
| Rosy Garlic | Tewm ħamrani | Mar-Apr |  | Normal Profile
with
9
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Porrum sativum (L.) Rchb.
| Garlic,
Cultivated Garlic | Tewm | May-Jun | | Normal Profile
with
0
images. | |
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(Guss.) Arcang.
Main Synonym :
Alium arvense Guss.
| White Round-headed Garlic | Tewm ta' Għawdex | May-Jul |  | Normal Profile
with
9
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Porrum sphaerocephaluon (L.) Rchb.
| Round-Headed Leek,
Ball-headed Onion | Tewm kaħlani,
Tewm vjola | Jun-Aug |  | Normal Profile
with
10
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Allium hirsutum Lam.
| Hairy Garlic | Tewm muswaf,
Tewm Selvaġġ Muswaf | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
with
8
images. | |
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Salzm. ex Schult. & Schult. fil.
Main Synonym :
Allium vernale Tineo
| Spring Garlic | Tewm muswaf Rari | Apr-May | | Normal Profile
with
0
images. | |
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Cirillo
Main Synonym :
Allium subhirsutum subsp. trifoliatum (Cirillo) Arcang.
| Pink Garlic | Tewm tal-linja vjola | Mar-Apr |  | Normal Profile
with
5
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Allium medium G. Don
| Three-cornered Garlic | Maltese name not known | Mar-Apr |  | Normal Profile
with
5
images. | |
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Herb.
Main Synonym :
Narcissus serotinus subsp. deficiens (Herb.) K.Richt.
| Triparted-crown late Narcissus,
Triparted-crown autumn Narcissus,
Herbert's autumn Narcissus | Narċis imwaħħar,
Ranċis imwaħħar | Sep-Nov |  | Detailed Profile
with
29
images. | |
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Spach
Main Synonym :
Narcissus obsoletus Spach
| Elegant Narcissus | Narċis imwaħħar skars | Oct-Nov |  | Normal Profile
with
5
images. | |
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Ker Gawl.
Main Synonym :
Hermione papyracea Schult.f.
| White Narcissus | Narċis abjad | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
with
6
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Hermione serotina Haw.
| Late Narcissus,
Autumn Narcissus | Narċis imwaħħar ta sitt qasmiet | Sep-Nov |  | Detailed Profile
with
3
images. | |
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(Ker Gawl.) Baker
Main Synonym :
Hermione chlorotica Jord. & Fourr.
| Garden Narcissus | Narċis pallidu | Jan-Mar |  | Normal Profile
with
6
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Hermione taxetta (L.) Haw.
| French Daffodil,
Cream Narcissus,
Polyanthus Narcissus | Narċis,
Ranċis | Oct-Mar |  | Detailed Profile
with
65
images. | |
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Kunth
Main Synonym :
Nothoscordum inodorum sensu P.Fourn.
| Fragrant False Garlic,
Sweet Garlic,
Onion weed | Tewm tal-qsari,
Tewm tal-fwieħa | Apr-Nov |  | Normal Profile
with
6
images. | |
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Pomel
Main Synonym :
Pancratium collinum Coss. & Durieu ex Coss.
| Stinking Sea Daffodil | Pankrazju tal-ħarifa | Sep-Oct |  | Normal Profile
with
7
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Hymenocallis maritima M.Roem.
| Sea Daffodil,
Sea Lily,
Sand Lily | Pankrazju selvaġġ,
Narċis tar-Ramel,
Ġilju tar-Ramel | Jul-Oct |  | Detailed Profile
with
42
images. | |
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Harv.
Main Synonym :
Tulbaghia cepacea var. robustior Kunth
| Society Garlic,
Pink Agapanthus,
Wild Garlic | Tewm vjola,
Tewn tal-Ġonna | Apr-Jul |  | Normal Profile
with
4
images. | |
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ANACARDIACEAE
Lindl.
( Pistachio Family ) | Subfamalies: nil.
Family Description: Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, usually pinnate or digitate. Calyx usually 5-partite; petals 5, rarely absent, free or more or less connate; ovary superior, 1-locular, with one ovule; placentation basal or apical. Fruit a drupe. | | | | |
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| Botanical Name |
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Maltese Name |
Flowering Period |
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Desf.
Main Synonym :
Pistacia mutica Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
| Mount Atlas Pistachio,
Persian turpentine tree,
Atlantic Mastic Tree | Deru tal-Atlantiku,
Pistaċċa bagħla | Feb-Mar |  | Normal Profile
with
9
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Lentiscus vulgaris Fourr.
| Lentisk,
Mastic Tree,
Mediterranean Mastic | Deru,
Deluwa | Feb-Nov |  | Normal Profile
with
16
images. | |
| | 1|
Burnat
Main Synonym :
P. lentiscus x terebinthus
| Hybrid Mastic Tree | Deru bagħal | Feb-Apr | | Normal Profile
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0
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Lentiscus terebinthus Kuntze
| Terebinth Tree,
Turpentine Tree,
Cyprus Terebinth Tree | Skornabekk,
Siġra tat-turpentina,
Trementina | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
with
17
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Pistacia narbonnensis L.
| Pistacio Tree | Siġra tal-Pistacja | Mar-Apr |  | Normal Profile
with
3
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L.
Main Synonym :
Toxicodendron coriaria (L.) Kuntze
| Sumach Tree,
Common Sumach,
Sumac tree | Xumakk tal-konz | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
11
images. | |
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L. fil.
Main Synonym :
Searsia lancea (L.f.) F.A.Barkley
| African Sumach,
Willow Sumach,
Karee | Xumakk tal-Afrika | Oct-Dec |  | Normal Profile
with
7
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Schinus bituminosus Salisb.
| Drooping False Pepper,
Brazilian Pepper Tree,
California Pepper Tree | Siġra tal-bżar tal-friegħi mdendlin | May-Sep |  | Normal Profile
with
7
images. | |
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Raddi
Main Synonym :
Schinus rhoifolia Mart.
| Brazilian pepper,
Upright False Pepper,
Broad-leaved Pepper Tree | Siġra tal-bżar | May-Sep |  | Normal Profile
with
5
images. | |
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APIACEAE
Lindl.
( Carrot Family )
Conservative synonym: Umbelliferea | Subfamalies: Mackinlayoideae; Azorelloideae; Saniculoideae; Apioideae;
Family Description: Herbs, rarely shrubs. Leaves alternate; lamina usually large and much-divided; petiole often inflated and sheathing at base. Stipules absent, except in Subfam. Hydrocotyloideae. Inflorescence usually a compound umbel. Flowers epigynous, small, hermaphrodite or unisexual, the plant rarely dioecious. Sepals usually small or absent; petals 5, usually more or less 3-lobed, the middle lobe inflexed; outer petals sometimes much larger than inner (radiate); stamens 5; carpels (1-)2, usually attached to a central axis (carpophore), from which the mericarps separate at maturity; styles (1-)2, often with a thickened base (stylopodium); ovule 1 in each loculus, pendent. Fruit dry; pericarp membranous or exocarp variously indurated; endocarp rarely woody (Subfam. Hydrocotyloideae). Mericarps usually joined by a narrow or wide commissure; each mericarp more or less compressed laterally or dorsally, with 5 longitudinal veins, usually with ridges over them, separated by valleculae or sometimes with 4 secondary ridges alternating with the primary; resin canals (vittae) usually present between the primary ridges and on the commissural face. | | | | |
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| Botanical Name |
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Maltese Name |
Flowering Period |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Ammi topalii Beauverd
| Bullwort,
Falsre Bishop's Weed,
False Queen Anne's Lace | Dakra | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
10
images. | |
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(Brot.) Breistr.
Main Synonym :
Seseli pusillum Brot
| Small Bullwort | Dakra żgħira | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
with
9
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L.
Main Synonym :
Apium dulce Mill.
| Wild Celery,
Marsh Parsley,
Smallage | Karfus | Apr-Jul |  | Normal Profile
with
17
images. | |
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(L.) Lag.
Main Synonym :
Helosciadium nodiflorum (L.) W. D. J. Koch
| Fool's Water Cress,
Procumbent Marshwort | Karfus tal-ilma,
Xaħmet il-Ġwieri | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
with
10
images. | |
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M.Bieb.
Main Synonym :
Coriandrum radians (M.Bieb.) Prantl
| Mediterranean Bifora,
European Bishop plant | Kosbor selvaġġ,
Sorm il-patri | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
with
10
images. | |
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Hornem.
Main Synonym :
Bupleurum heterophyllum Link
| Spear-leaved Hare's Ear,
Lance-leaved Thorow wax | Widnet il-fenek | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
with
12
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Bupleurum glaucum Robill. & Castagne ex DC.
| Grey Hare's Ear | Maltese name not known | Apr-May | | Normal Profile
with
0
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Coriandrum maculatum Roth
| Hemlock,
Poison Hemlock,
Devil's bread | Ċikuta | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
8
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Selinum coriandrum E.H.L.Krause
| Coriander,
Chinese Parsley | Kosbor | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
with
8
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Cachrys maritima Spreng.
| Rock Samphire,
Sea Samphire,
Sea Fennel | Bużbież il-baħar | Jun-Sep |  | Normal Profile
with
7
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Daucus foliosus Gussone
| Wild Carrot,
Queen Anne's Lace | Zunnarija salvaġġa,
Karrotti salvaġġ,
Bejt id-Durrajs | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
with
18
images. | |
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(Hoffm.) Arcang.
Main Synonym :
Daucus sativus (Hoffm.) Röhl. ex Pass.
| Carrot | Zunnarija,
Karrotti | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
with
1
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L.
Main Synonym :
Daucus carota subsp. drepanensis (Arcang.) Heywood
| Sea Carrot | Zunnarija tal-baħar | May-Jul |  | Normal Profile
with
9
images. | |
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Tineo
Main Synonym :
Daucus carota var. lopadusanus (Tineo) Onno
| Lampedusa Carrot | Zunnarija ta' Lampedusa | May-Jul |  | Normal Profile
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10
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Ball
Main Synonym :
Caucalis pumila L.
Pseudorlaya pumila Grande | Small Carrot,
Dwarf Carrot | Zunnarija tar-ramel | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
with
2
images. | |
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Guss.
Main Synonym :
Daucus carota subsp. rupestris (Guss.) Heywood
| Cliff Carrot | Zunnarija tal-blat | May-Jul |  | Normal Profile
with
13
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Selinum spinosum E.H.L.Krause
| Prickly Parsnip,
Echinophora,
Spiny Echinophora | Bużbież xewwieki tar-ramel,
Ekinofora | Jun-Sep |  | Normal Profile
with
13
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Eryngium marinum Garsault
| Sea Holly,
Seaside Eryngo | Xewk ir-ramel | Jun-Oct |  | Normal Profile
with
9
images. | |
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Brullo, C.Brullo, Cambria, Giusso, Salmeri & Bacch.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Ferula communis L. | Maltese Giant Fennel | Ferla ta' Malta | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
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24
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(C.Presl) Bég.
Main Synonym :
Foeniculum piperitum (Ucria) Sweet
| Bitter Fennel | Bużbież salvaġġ | May-Oct |  | Normal Profile
with
6
images. | |
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Mill.
Main Synonym :
Foeniculum dulce Mill.
| Fennel,
Sweet Fennel,
Finnochio | Bużbież | May-Oct |  | Normal Profile
with
11
images. | |
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Lowe
Main Synonym :
Capnophyllum peregrinum Lange
| Common name unknown | Krubera | Apr-May | | Normal Profile
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0
images. | |
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DC.
Main Synonym :
Sium siculum L.
| Kundmannia | Kudmannja ta' Sqallija | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
with
10
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Globocarpus oenanthoides Caruel
| Round-headed Water Dropwort,
Mediterranean Water Dropwort | Karfus il-wied | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
with
13
images. | |
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(Mill.) Fuss
Main Synonym :
Petroselinum sativum Hoffm.
Petroselinum sativum Hoffmannsegg | Wild Parsley | Tursin | Apr-Oct | | Normal Profile
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0
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Anisum officinale DC.
| Anise | Anisi,
Ħlewwa | Apr-May | | Normal Profile
with
0
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Anisum italicum Raf.
| Southern Burnet Saxifrage | Sensiela | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
7
images. | |
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Moris
Main Synonym :
Meum segetum Guss.
| False fennel,
Corn parsley,
False caraway | Bużbież il-qamħ,
Bużbież tal-għelieqi | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
15
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Pecten veneris Lam.
| Shepherd's needle,
Venus' comb,
Stork's needle | Maxxita,
Moxtija | Mar-may |  | Normal Profile
with
12
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Smyrnium vulgare Gray
| Alexanders,
Horse parsley | Karfus il-ħmir | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
with
6
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Condylocarpus apulus Hoffm.
| Mediterranean Hartwort,
Roman Pimpernel | Ħaxixet it-trieraħ,
Ħaxix it-trieraħ | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
with
10
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(Huds.) Link
Main Synonym :
Caucalis arvensis Huds.
| Spreading Hedge Parsley | Tursin selvaġġ | Mar-May | | Normal Profile
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0
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(L.) Gaertn.
Main Synonym :
Caucalis nodiflora Lam.
| Knotted Hedge Parsley | Tursin xewwieki | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
with
14
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Gaertn.
Main Synonym :
Daucus visnaga L.
Ammi visnaga (L.) Lam. | Toothpick-plant,
Tooth Pickweed,
Bishop's Weed | Busnaga,
Visnaga | Apr-Jun | | Normal Profile
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0
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APOCYNACEAE
Juss.
( Dogbane Family ) | Subfamalies: nil.
Family Description: Small trees, shrubs, or herbs, with poisonous latex. Leaves simple, exstipulate, with glands in or above the axils. Flowers solitary or in cymes, hermaphrodite, actinomorphic, 5-merous. Corolla with oblique lobes, contorted in bud. Stamens 5; anthers introrse, closely surrounding the stigma. Ovary superior; carpels 2, usually free, united by a single style above. Fruit of two fusiform follicles, usually opening by the ventral suture; rarely only one follicle developing. | | | | |
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Maltese Name |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Asclepias bicolor Moench
| Scarlet Milkweed,
Bloodflower,
Silkweed | It-tuffieħ tal-Fodsqa,
Qarn il-Ħarir | May-Jul | | Normal Profile
with
0
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(L.) G. Don
Main Synonym :
Vinca rosea L.
| Madagascar Periwinkle,
Rose Periwinkle,
Cape Perwinkle | Pervinka roża | Jun-Nov |  | Normal Profile
with
11
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(L.) W.T.Aiton
Main Synonym :
Asclepias fruticosa L.
| Swan Plant Milkweed,
Tennis Ball Bush,
African Milkweed | Siġret it-tuffieħ tal-Fodsqa,
Siġret Qarn il-Ħarir | May-Aug |  | Normal Profile
with
6
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Oleander vulgaris Medik.
| Oleander,
Rose Bay | Difla,
Olejandru,
Siġret il-Ġarab | Apr-Dec |  | Normal Profile
with
11
images. | |
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Labill.
Main Synonym :
Periploca laevigata subsp. angustifolia (Labill.) Markgr.
| African Wolfbane,
Wolfbane | Siġret il-ħarir,
Siġra tal-Ħarir | Nov-Apr |  | Detailed Profile
with
45
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(Pers.) K.Schum.
Main Synonym :
Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold
| Yellow Oleander,
Lucky Nut,
Mexican Oleander | Tevja | Jun-Oct |  | Normal Profile
with
4
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Pervinca major Garsault
| Greater Periwinkle,
Blue Bottons | Pervinka,
Vinka tal-warda kbira,
Dliel il-Madliena | Mar-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
9
images. | |
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ARACEAE
Juss.
( Arum Family ) | Subfamalies: nil.
Family Description: Perennial, usually glabrous herbs, with underground rhizomes or tubers. Leaves all basal, usually with distinct petiole, and often with more or less reticulate venation. Flowers small, often unisexual, arranged in a compact spike (spadix), subtended and usually partly enfolded by a large, petaloid or leaf-like bract (spathe), the axis of the spadix often prolonged beyond the flower-bearing zone as a fleshy, usually coloured appendix. In monoecious plants the female flowers are at or near the base of the spadix, the male flowers above them; vestigial, sterile flowers, usually in the form of filiform papillae, may also be present. Perianth of 4-6 free, sepaloid segments, or (more usually) absent. Stamens 1-6, rarely more. Ovary superior or nude, sometimes sunk in the axis of the spadix, 1- to 3-locular; stigma usually sessile or subsessile. Fruit a berry, sometimes rather dry. | | | | |
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O.Targ.Tozz.
Main Synonym :
Arum arisarum L.
| Friar's Cowl,
Arison | Garni tal-Pipa | Nov-Feb |  | Detailed Profile
with
41
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Mill.
Main Synonym :
Arum foetidum Salisb.
| Italian Lords and Ladies,
Large Cuckoo Pint,
Italian Arum | Garni | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
with
10
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Schott
Main Synonym :
Colocasia esculenta var. fontanesii (Schott) A.F.Hill
| Elephants Ear,
Coco Yam,
Dasheen | Għorgħar | Apr-Jun | | Normal Profile
with
0
images. | |
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Schott
Main Synonym :
Arum dracunculus L.
| Giant Lords-and-Ladies,
Dragon Arum | Garni qoxret is-serp | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
with
4
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L.
Main Synonym :
Lemna cyclostasa Elliott ex Chev.
| Common Duckweed,
Lesser Duckweed | Lemna komuni | Jan-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
7
images. | |
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Raf.
Main Synonym :
Lemna valdiviana Phil.
| Least Duckweed | Lemna iż-żgħira | Feb-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
4
images. | |
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Liebm.
Main Synonym :
Philodendron pertusum Kunth & C.D.Bouché
| Swiss Cheese Plant,
Split-leaf philodendron,
Monster fruit tree | Sieq l-iljun,
Monstera | Apr-Jul |  | Normal Profile
with
6
images. | |
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(Kurz) Hegelm
Main Synonym :
Lemna oligorrhiza Kurz
| Dotted Duckweed | Lemna ta' ftit gheruq | Feb-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
5
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(L.) Horkel ex Wimm.
Main Synonym :
Lemna arrhiza L.
| Rootless Duckweed | Maltese name not known | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
with
4
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Spreng.
Main Synonym :
Calla aethiopica L.
| Arum Lily,
Calla Lily,
Ethiopian Lords-and-Ladies | Buqar | Mar-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
10
images. | |
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ARALIACEAE
Juss.
( Aralia Family ) | Subfamalies: Aralioideae; Hydrocotyloideae
Family Description: Shrubs or woody climbers; leaves alternate. Flowers actinomorphic, small. Calyx small or rudimentary; petals 5, free; stamens 5; ovary inferior. Fruit a berry. | | | | |
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| Botanical Name |
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Maltese Name |
Flowering Period |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Hedera communis Gray
| Ivy,
English Ivy | Liedna | Sep-Nov |  | Normal Profile
with
16
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R.Vig.
Main Synonym :
Schefflera eurhyncha R.Vig.
| Schefflera | Xefflera | None |  | Normal Profile
with
6
images. | |
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ARAUCARIACEAE
Henkel & W. Hochstetter
( Araucaria Family ) | Subfamalies: nil.
Family Description: Description text for this family is under progress and unavailable at the moment ... | | | | |
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| Botanical Name |
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Hook.
Main Synonym :
Columbea bidwillii Carrière
| Bunya Pine | Awrikarja ta' Bidwill | None |  | Normal Profile
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5
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(Salisb.) Franco
Main Synonym :
Araucaria excelsa Carrière
| Norfolk Island Pine | Awrikarja kbira | May-Aug |  | Normal Profile
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4
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ARECACEAE
Schultz Sch.
( Palm Family )
Conservative synonym: Palmae | Subfamalies: Arecoideae; Calamoideae; Ceroxyloideae; Coryphoideae; Nypoideae
Family Description: Shrubs or trees; stem usually unbranched. Leaves large, persistent, petiolate with a conspicuous sheath. Inflorescence a simple or branched spadix, enveloped by 1 or several spathes. Flowers hermaphrodite or unisexual, hypogynous. Perianth usually of 2 whorls of 3. Anthers dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary of 1-3 free or united carpels; ovules 1 in each carpel. Fruit a berry or drupe. | | | | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Phoenix humilis Cav.
| Dwarf Fan Palm,
European Dwarf Palm | Ġummara,
Ġummar safrani | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
9
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Chabaud
Main Synonym :
Phoenix jubae Webb ex Christ
| Canary Islands Date Palm | Palma tal-kannizzati,
Palma tal-kanarji | Jun-Sep |  | Normal Profile
with
7
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Palma dactylifera Mill.
| Date Palm | Palma tat-tamar | May-Aug |  | Normal Profile
with
6
images. | |
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(Linden ex André) H.Wendl.
Main Synonym :
Brahea filifera W.Watson
| California Fan Palm,
Desert Fan Palm,
Cotton Palm | Palma tal-imrewħa Messikana | Jun-Sep | | Normal Profile
with
1
images. | |
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H.Wendl.
Main Synonym :
Washingtonia gracilis Parish
| Mexican Fan Palm,
Mexican Washingtonia | Palma tal-imrewħa Amerikana | Jun-Sep |  | Normal Profile
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2
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ARISTOLOCHIACEAE
Juss.
( Sandalwood Family ) | Subfamalies: Aristolochioideae; Asaroideae
Family Description: Herbs or woody climbers. Leaves alternate, entire, exstipulate. Flowers solitary or in axillary clusters, hermaphrodite, actinomorphic or zygomorphic, usually 3-merous. Perianth in 1 whorl, more or less petaloid, forming a tube, 1- or 3-lobed at the apex; stamens 6 or 12 in 1 or 2 whorls, free or connate with the stylar column. Ovary inferior, 6-locular; placentation axillary; styles usually 6, free or connate to form a column with a 6-lobed stigma; ovules numerous. Fruit a capsule.
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Lojac.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
| Green-flowered Birthwort,
Southern Birthwort | Papra selvaġġa,
Aristolokja | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
with
10
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ASPARAGACEAE
Juss.
( Asparagus Family )
Conservative synonym: Liliaceae | Subfamalies: Agavoideae (=Agavaceae family); Aphyllanthoideae (=Asparagaceae sensu stricto); Brodiaeoideae (=Themidaceae family); Lomandroideae (=Laxmanniaceae family); Nolinoideae (=Ruscaceae family); Scilloideae (=Hyacinthaceae family)
Family Description: Description text for this family is under progress and unavailable at the moment ... | | | | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Agave milleri Haw.
| American Agave,
Century Plant,
American Aloe | Sabbara tal-Amerika,
Agave | Jul-Sep |  | Normal Profile
with
18
images. | |
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Trel.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
| Agave,
Century Plant,
American Aloe | Sabbara tal-Amerika,
Agave | Jun-Sep |  | Normal Profile
with
4
images. | |
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Salm-Dyke
Main Synonym :
Agave glaucescens Hook.
| Soft-leaved Agave,
Spineless Agave,
Foxtail Agave | Maltese name not known | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
15
images. | |
| | |
Engelm.
Main Synonym :
Agave applanata var. parryi (Engelm.) Mulford
| Parry's Agave | Maltese name not known | Apr-Jun | | Normal Profile
with
0
images. | |
| | |
Perrine
Main Synonym :
Agave rigida var. sisalana (Perrine) Engelm.
| Blue Agave,
Sisal Hemp | Sabbara ta' Sisal,
Sisal | Jun-Sep |  | Normal Profile
with
8
images. | |
| | |
Lam.
Main Synonym :
Protasparagus africanus (Lam.) Oberm.
| African asparagus | Spraġġ tal-Afrika | Aug-Sep |  | Normal Profile
with
5
images. | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Asparagus aphyllus var. bovei Baker
| Mediterranean Asparagus,
Prickly Asparagus,
Spiny Asparagus | Spraġġ xewwieki | Oct-Dec |  | Normal Profile
with
14
images. | |
| | |
(L.) Druce
Main Synonym :
Asparagus medeoloides Thunb.
| African Asparagus,
Bridal Creeper,
Smilax Asparagus | Maltese name not known | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
4
images. | |
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(Kunth) Jessop
Main Synonym :
Asparagus sprengeri Regel
| Bushy Asparagus,
Sprenger's Asparagus | Maltese name not known | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
with
5
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Protasparagus falcatus (L.) Oberm.
| Asparagus Fern,
Sicklethorn | Maltese name not known | Sep-Dec |  | Normal Profile
with
2
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Asparagus sativus Mill.
| Wild Asparagus,
Garden Asparagus | Spraġġ | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
6
images. | |
| | |
(Kunth) Jessop
Main Synonym :
Asparagus plumosus Baker
| Plumose Asparagus,
Asparagus Fern | Maltese name not known | May-Jul | | Normal Profile
with
0
images. | |
| | |
Forrsk.
Main Synonym :
Asparagus horridus L.
| Grey Asparagus | Spraġġ griż | Feb-Apr |  | Detailed Profile
with
39
images. | |
| | |
Baker
Main Synonym :
Protasparagus virgatus (Baker) Oberm.
| Broom Asparagus | Maltese name not known | May-Aug |  | Normal Profile
with
2
images. | |
| | |
(L.) Sweet
Main Synonym :
Hyacinthus romanus L.
| Roman Hyacinth | Ġjacint selvaġġ | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
with
6
images. | |
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(Thunb.) Jacques
Main Synonym :
Anthericum comosum Thumb.
| Spider Plant,
Spider Ivy,
Ribbon Plant | Rampila | Jun-Sep |  | Normal Profile
with
9
images. | |
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(Steinh.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
Main Synonym :
Uriginea maritima (Steinh.) Baker
Urginea pancration (Steinheil) Phillippe | Sea Squill,
Sea Onion,
White Squill | Basal tal-għansar,
Għansar | Aug-Oct |  | Detailed Profile
with
51
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Scilla coronaria Salisb.
| Garden Hyacinth,
Common Hyacinth,
Dutch Hyacinth | Ġjacint | Apr-May | | Normal Profile
with
0
images. | |
| | |
Guss.
Main Synonym :
Hyacinthus commutatus (Guss.) Ten.
| Dark Grape Hyacinth,
Narrow-leaved Grape Hyacinth | Muskari skuri | Mar-Apr |  | Detailed Profile
with
35
images. | |
| | |
(L.) Mill.
Main Synonym :
Leopoldia comosa (L.) Parl.
| Tassel Grape Hyacinth | Basal il-ħnieżer | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
with
14
images. | |
| | |
Guss. ex Ten.
Main Synonym :
Muscari compactum Baker
| Southern Grape Hyacinth,
Starch Grape Hyacinth | Maltese name not known | Mar-Apr |  | Normal Profile
with
2
images. | |
| | |
Desf.
Main Synonym :
Muscari autumnale Guss.
| Autumn Grape Hyacinth,
Lesser Grape Hyacinth,
Small-flowered Hyacinth | Ġjaċint tal-ħarifa | Sep-Oct |  | Detailed Profile
with
40
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Ornithogalum latifolium L.
| Large Star of Bethlehem,
Lesser Cape Lily,
Arabian Starflower | Ħalib it-tajr kbir,
Ħara taċ-Ċawl | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
with
6
images. | |
| | |
Boreau
Main Synonym :
Ornithogalum umbellatum subsp. divergens (Boreau) Asch. & Graebn.
| Lesser Star of Bethlehem | Ħalib it-tajr skars | Mar-Apr |  | Detailed Profile
with
8
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Ornithogalum lacteum Vill.
| Southern Star of Bethlehem | Ħalib it-tajr żgħir | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
with
8
images. | |
| | |
(L.) All.
Main Synonym :
Convallaria multiflora L.
| Solomon's Seal,
David's Harp,
Ladder to Heaven | Maltese name not known | Mar-Apr | | Normal Profile
with
0
images. | |
| | |
(L.) Speta.
Main Synonym :
Scilla autumnalis L.
| Autumn Squill,
Starry Hyacinth | Għansar tal-ħarifa | Sep-Oct |  | Detailed Profile
with
45
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Ruscus flexuosus Mill.
| Butcher's Broom,
Box Holly,
Knee Holly | Niggiżet il-far,
Rand Xandri,
Nigżet il-far | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
4
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Ruscus trifoliatus Mill.
| Greater Butcher's Broom | Belladonna,
Rusku | Jan-Apr |  | Normal Profile
with
13
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Scilla clusii Parl.
| Portuguese Squill | Għansar tal-ġonna | Mar-Apr |  | Normal Profile
with
6
images. | |
| | |
Tineo ex Guss.
Main Synonym :
Scilla peruviana var. sicula L.
| Sicilian Squill | Għansal ikħal | Mar-Apr |  | Normal Profile
with
18
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Yucca yucatana Engelm.
| Spanish Bay,
Dagger Plant | Yukka | Jul-Sep |  | Normal Profile
with
4
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Yucca superba Haw.
| Spanish Dagger,
Adam's Needle | Yukka | Jul-Sep |  | Normal Profile
with
4
images. | |
| | |
ASPHODELACEAE
Juss.
( Asphodel Family )
Recently placed in the Xanthorrhoeaceae family
Conservative synonym: Liliaceae | Subfamalies: nil.
Family Description: The Asphodelaceae is a sub family of the Liliacea which have the characteristic of having very little roots and no bulbs. They grow from deep rhizomes or tubers. They regularly have branched and conspicuous inflorescenses. They are incredibly able to grow on very little soil and The anatomy is very similar to the Liliaceae , mostly perennial herbs comprising about 280 genera and 4,000 species.
The leaves are alternate or less often opposite or whorled. The flowers are often showy and are nearly always bisexual and actinomorphic. The perianth typically consists of two whorls of undifferentiated or weakly differentiated petaloid tepals with 3 distinct members in each whorl, or less frequently all of the segments are connate into a common perianth tube or perigynous or epigynous zone that sometimes has an adnate corona. The androecium usually consists of 6 fertile stamens attached to the receptacle or adnate to the perianth tube but rarely 3, 4, or up to 12 may be found. The gynoecium typically consists of a single compound pistil of 3 carpels, a single style commonly with 3 stigmas, and a superior or less often inferior ovary with 3 locules, each containing several to numerous axile ovules. Rarely there are 2 or 4 carpels and locules with axile placentation or only a single locule with intruded parietal placentation. The fruit is nearly always a capsule or berry. | | | | |
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| Botanical Name |
Common Name |
Maltese Name |
Flowering Period |
Thumbnail Picture |
Profile Type |
|
Mill.
Main Synonym :
Aloe mutabilis Pillans
| Krantz Aloe | Maltese name not known | Dec-Feb |  | Normal Profile
with
11
images. | |
| | |
(Aiton) Haw.
Main Synonym :
Aloe saponaria (Aiton) Haw.
| Soap Aloe,
African Aloe | Maltese name not known | Aug-Sep |  | Normal Profile
with
14
images. | |
| | |
(L.) Burm.f.
Main Synonym :
Aloe barbadensis Mill.
| Yellow Aloe,
Mediterranean Aloe,
True Aloe | Sabbara | Apr-Sep |  | Normal Profile
with
14
images. | |
| | |
L
Main Synonym :
Asphodelus tenuifolius Cav.
| Onion Weed,
Pink Asphodel,
Onion-leaved Asphodel | Berwieq Żgħir | Jan-Apr |  | Detailed Profile
with
29
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Asphodelus aestivus Brotero
| Branched Asphodel,
Common Asphodel | Berwieq | Jan-Apr |  | Detailed Profile
with
32
images. | |
| | |
(J.Jacq.) Haw.
Main Synonym :
Gasteria linita Haw.
| Gasteria | Maltese name not known | Sep-Dec |  | Normal Profile
with
5
images. | |
| | |
ASPLENIACEAE
Newman
( Spleenwort Family ) | Subfamalies: nil.
Family Description: Rhizome dictyostelic, with clathrate scales. Petiole with 2 vascular strands, often fusing to form a single ×-shaped strand. Sori superficial, borne along one or both sides of the fertile veins; spores bilateral. | | | | |
|
| Botanical Name |
Common Name |
Maltese Name |
Flowering Period |
Thumbnail Picture |
Profile Type |
|
L.
Main Synonym :
Ceterech officinarum DC.
| Rusty-back Fern,
Scale Fern | Felċi tal-ħitan tas-sejjieħ | All year |  | Normal Profile
with
5
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Trichomanes maritimum Bubani
| Sea Spleenwort Fern | Felċi tal-baħar | All year |  | Normal Profile
with
4
images. | |
| | |
(DC.) Bange
Main Synonym :
Phyllitis sagittata (DC.in Lam. & DC.) Guinea & Heywood
| Mule's Fern | Felċi tal-bir | All year |  | Normal Profile
with
11
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Athyrium trichomanes (L.) Shafer
| Maidenhair Spleenwort Fern,
Common Spleenwort Fern | Felċi rqiqa | All year |  | Normal Profile
with
18
images. | |
| | |
ASTERACEAE
Bercht. & J.Presl
( Daisy or Sunflower Family )
Conservative synonym: Compositae | Subfamalies: Asteroideae; Barnadesioideae; Carduoideae; Cichorioideae ; Corymbioideae ; Gochnatioideae; Gymnarrhenoideae; Hecastocleidoideae; Mutisioideae; Pertyoideae; Stifftioideae; Wunderlichioideae;
Family Description: Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate, opposite or rosulate, exstipulate. Flowers small (florets), hermaphrodite, functionally male, female, or sterile, in terminal or axillary, usually pedunculate capitula, surrounded by an involucre of bracts. Capitula solitary or in corymbose, less frequently racemose, inflorescences. Calyx-limb (pappus) absent or represented by a corona, auricle, scales, setae or simple or plumose hairs. Corolla of 3 main types: (a) tubular, with (3-)4- to 5-lobed limb, actinomorphic or rarely weakly zygomorphic; (b) tubular, with a 2-lipped limb; (c) ligulate, with a short tube and the limb prolonged on one side into a usually 3- or 5-toothed ligule; female florets sometimes without a corolla or with a filiform corolla. Stamens 5, epipetalous; anthers usually connate into a tube round the style, often caudate or sagittate at base and with apical appendages. Ovary inferior, 1-locular; ovule solitary, basal, anatropous; style solitary, with 2 stigmatic branches. Fruit a cypsela (achene). | | | | |
|
| Botanical Name |
Common Name |
Maltese Name |
Flowering Period |
Thumbnail Picture |
Profile Type |
|
(Becker ex Rchb. fil.) Heimerl
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
| Mountain Yarrow | Maltese name not known | May-Jul | | Normal Profile
with
0
images. | |
| | |
All.
Main Synonym :
Achillea sylvatica Ten.
| Ligurian Yarrow | Maltese name not known | May-Jul | | Normal Profile
with
0
images. | |
| | |
(L.) Ehrend. & Y. P. Guo
Main Synonym :
Filago maritima L.
Otanthus maritimus (L.) Hoffmanns. & Link | Cottonweed,
Sea Cudweed | Santolina tar-ramel,
Bajda tar-ramel | Jun-Sep |  | Normal Profile
with
1
images. | |
| | |
(L.) Cass.
Main Synonym :
Leontodon bulbosus L.
| Bulbous Hawksbeard | Qanċlita perenni | Mar-Apr |  | Normal Profile
with
13
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Ambrosia elatior L.
Ambrosia maritima L. | Sea Ragweed | Ambrosja | Sep-Nov |  | Normal Profile
with
6
images. | |
| | |
(Desf.) Pers.
Main Synonym :
Anacyclus tomentosus DC.
| White Anacyclus | Anaċiklus | May-Jul |  | Normal Profile
with
5
images. | |
| | |
Loisel.
Main Synonym :
Anacyclus valentinus var. bicolor Pers.
| Yellow Anacyclus | Maltese name not known | Apr-Jul | | Normal Profile
with
0
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Andryala sinuata L.
| Common Andryala | Maltese name not known | May-Jul | | Normal Profile
with
0
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Chamaemelum arvense (L.) Schreb.
| Corn Chamomille | Bebuna tar-raba | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
with
9
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Maruta cotula DC.
| Stinking Chamomille | Maltese name not known | Mar-May | | Normal Profile
with
0
images. | |
| | |
Sommier & Caruana
Main Synonym :
Anthemis secundiramea subsp. urvilleana (DC.) R.Fernandes
| Maltese Sea Chamomille,
Maltese Chamomille | Bebuna tal-baħar | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
with
16
images. | |
| | |
(L.) Sch.Bip.
Main Synonym :
Chrysanthemum frutescens L.
| Marguerite Daisy,
Paris Daisy | Maltese name not known | May-Aug |  | Normal Profile
with
5
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Absinthium officinale Brot.
| Wormwood,
Absinthe Wormwood,
Grand Wormwood | Assenzju | Jun-Sep | | Normal Profile
with
0
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Absinthium arborescens Moench
| Silver Wormwood | Maltese name not known | Jun-Sep |  | Normal Profile
with
9
images. | |
| | |
(L.) Less.
Main Synonym :
Nauplius aquaticus Cass.
| Golden Star,
Seaside Ox-eye Daisy | Għajn il-baqra tax-xatt | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
12
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Carthamus cancellatus Lam.
| Cage Thistle | Xewk tal-gaġġa | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
with
3
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Bellis vandasii Velen.
| Annual Daisy | Bebuna | Nov-Mar |  | Detailed Profile
with
42
images. | |
| | |
Cirillo
Main Synonym :
Bellis hirta Host
| Southern Daisy,
Wood Daisy | Margerita salvaġġa | Nov-Feb |  | Detailed Profile
with
41
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Calendula sancta L.
| Field Marigold | Suffejra tar-raba | Nov-Apr |  | Normal Profile
with
7
images. | |
| | |
Raf.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
| Star Marigold | Suffejra ta' giex kuluri | Jan-May |  | Normal Profile
with
9
images. | |
| | |
Guss.
Main Synonym :
Calendula suffruticosa subsp. maritima (Guss.) Meikle
| Sea Marigold | Suffejra tal-baħar | May-Jun | | Normal Profile
with
0
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Calendula eriocarpa DC.
| Pot Marigold,
English Marigold | Suffejra tal-ġonna | Jan-Apr |  | Normal Profile
with
12
images. | |
| | |
Cav.
Main Synonym :
Calendula cornuta Poir.
Calendula sicula Gussone | Sicilian Marigold | Suffejra ta' Sqallija | Jan-Apr |  | Normal Profile
with
5
images. | |
| | |
(Raf.) Guadagno
Main Synonym :
Calendula fulgida Raf.
| Woody Marigold,
Shrubby Marigold | Suffejra | Jan-Apr |  | Normal Profile
with
9
images. | |
| | |
(Boiss. & Heldr.) P. H. Davis
Main Synonym :
Carduus arabicus Jacq. ex Murray
Carduus australis subsp. marmoratus (Boissier & Heldreich) Kazmi | Arabian Thistle | Ħorfox | Mar-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
7
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Carduus acanthoides Huds.
| Plymouth Thistle,
Italian Thistle,
Slender Thistle | Xewk tal-fjura żgħira | Mar-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
9
images. | |
| | |
Curtis
Main Synonym :
Carduus pycnocephalus var. tenuiflorus Carduus tenuiflorus
| Winged Plumeless Thistle,
Slender-flowered Thistle | Xewk tal-fjura żgħira | Mar-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
10
images. | |
| | |
Poir.
Main Synonym :
Carlina corymbosa subsp. Involucrata (Poir.) Holmboe
| African Carline Thistle | Sajtun | May-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
15
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Mitina lanata Cass.
| Wooly Carline Thistle | Sebqet 'l oOmmha | May-Jul |  | Normal Profile
with
7
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Carthamus tingitanus L.
Carduncellus caeruleus (L.) C.Presl | Blue Thistle | Xewk ikhal | May-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
9
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Carthamus lanatus var. algeriensis Batt.
| Woolly Carthamus,
Woolly Safflower,
Smooth Distaff Thistle | Xewk ta' Kristu,
Xewk il-far | May-Jul |  | Normal Profile
with
9
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Centaurea carthamus E.H.L.Krause
| Orange Carthamus | Għosfor | May-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
6
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Piptocephalum luteum Sch.Bip.
| Yellow Catananche | Katananċe | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
with
6
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Serratula acaulis DC.
| Stemless Star-Thistle,
Stemless Centaury | Ċentawrija tan-nuffara | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
12
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Centaurea calcitrapoides L.
| Red Star-Thistle,
Purple Star-Thistle | Maltese name not known | Apr-Jun | | Normal Profile
with
0
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Cyanus segetum Hill
| Cornflower,
Batchelor's Button | Maltese name not known | Apr-May | | Normal Profile
with
0
images. | |
| | |
Aiton
Main Synonym :
Centaurea diluta var. micracantha Maire
| North African Knapweed,
North African Star-Thistle | Xewk tal-Afrika ta' fuq | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
8
images. | |
| | |
Boiss.
Main Synonym :
Centaurea pallescens subsp. hyalolepis (Boiss.) Holmboe
| Yellow Star-Thistle | Maltese name not known | May-Jun | | Normal Profile
with
0
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Jacea pratensis Lam.
| Brownray Knapweed,
Brown Knapweed | Maltese name not known | Apr-Jul | | Normal Profile
with
0
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Centaurea apula Lam.
| Maltese Star-Thistle | Xewk ta' Malta | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
with
5
images. | |
| | |
All.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
| Mediterranean Star-Thistle,
Southern Star Thistle | Xewk tal-għotba | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
17
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Centaurea ragusina subsp. lungensis (Ginzb.) Hayek
| Croatian Centaury,
Dusty Miller,
Star Thistle | Maltese name not known | Jun-Aug |  | Normal Profile
with
7
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Calcitrapa solstitialis Lam.
| Yellow Star-Thistle | Maltese name not known | Jun-Aug | | Normal Profile
with
0
images. | |
| | |
Cass.
Main Synonym :
Carlina gummifera Less.
Atractylis gummifera L. | Stemless Atractylis,
Ground Thistle | Xewk tal-mixta | Sep-Nov |  | Normal Profile
with
16
images. | |
| | |
(Bertol.) Susanna
Main Synonym :
Palaeocyanus crassifolius (Bertol.) Dostál
| Maltese Rock-Centaury,
Malta Knapweed | Widnet il-baħar | May-Jul |  | Normal Profile
with
17
images. | |
| | |
Brullo
Main Synonym :
Jasonia bocconei (Brullo) M.Pardo & R.Morales
| Maltese Fleabane,
Pointed-leaved Jasonia | Tulliera ta' Malta,
Tulliera Selvaġġa | Aug-Nov |  | Detailed Profile
with
44
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Chondrilla hispida Desf.
| Rush-leaved sow thistle,
Gum Chicory | Tfief tar-ramel | May-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
5
images. | |
| | |
Hance
Main Synonym :
Chrysanthemum zawadskii subsp. coreanum (Nakai) Y.N.Lee
| Korean Chrysanthemun | Maltese name not known | Jan-Apr |  | Normal Profile
with
3
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Cichorium crispum Mill.
| Endive | Indivja | Apr-Jul |  | Normal Profile
with
5
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Cichorium sylvestre Lam.
| Chicory | Ċikwejra | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
with
11
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Acanthophyton spinosum Less.
| Spiny Chicory | Qanfuda | May-Jul |  | Normal Profile
with
8
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Crepis hirta Pers.
| Italian Hawksbeard | Maltese name not known | May-Aug |  | Normal Profile
with
11
images. | |
| | |
L.
Main Synonym :
Crepis cernua Ten. ex Spreng.
| Hawksbeard | Maltese name not known | May-Jul |  | Normal Profile
with
5
images. | |
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