Palestinian Chamomile / أقحوان / / بَسّوم

قَحْوان / قحوانة / شايب-شاب / أبو عبَّس / صبيَّة-بنيَّة / بحبني-بحبنيش / ولد-بنت / رْبَيَّان

Cota palaestina Reut. ex Unger & Kotschy

Flowers and Seed Head, April. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility

Edible

Edible part

Flower buds

Preparation

Herbal tea

Blooming period

March to June

Foraging period

March

Description

Perenniality

Annual

Petal colour

White
Yellow

Leaf type

Dissected

Life form

Annual

Scientifc data

Genus

Cota

Family

Asteraceae

Wikidata item

Q12236415

GBIF Item

Cota palaestina Reut. ex Unger & Kotschy (5390639)

Conservation status (IUCN)

Least concern

References

Machaka Houri, N., Houri, A.(2014). Wild Flowers of Lebanon with Special Focus on Key Biodiversity Areas.Beirut:Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
Houri, A., Machaka Houri, N. (2001). photographic guide to wild flowers of Lebanon. Beirut: Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).

Citation

Cota palaestina Reut. ex Unger & Kotschy in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/504 accessed via barari.org on 2/18/2026.