Chian Malcolmia / مَلكُلمية خِيوس

Malcolmia chia (L.) DC.

Flowers & Leaves, February. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 License.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
February to March
Seed collection period
April to July

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • Pink
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Malcolmia W.T.Aiton
Family
Brassicaceae
Wikidata item
Q15547813
GBIF Item
Malcolmia chia (L.) DC. (5373187)

References

  1. Nehmé, M.(2008). Etymological dictionary of Syrian flora. Beirut: Librairie du liban publishers.(English, French, and Arabic)
  2. Malcolmia chia (L.) DC. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-22.(English)

Citation

Malcolmia chia (L.) DC. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/743 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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