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Acanthus hirsutus subsp. syriacus (Boiss.) Brummitt

General View, April. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 License.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility

Unknown

Blooming period

March to April

Seed collection period

June to July

Description

Perenniality

Perennial

Petal colour

White

Leaf type

Dissected
Pinnate

Life form

Hemicryptophyte

Scientifc data

Genus

Acanthus L.

Family

Acanthaceae

Wikidata item

Q18590904

GBIF Item

Acanthus hirsutus subsp. syriacus (Boiss.) Brummitt (7263598)

References

Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
Acanthus hirsutus subsp. syriacus (Boiss.) Brummitt in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-28.
Royal Botanic Garden. Acanthus syriacus. (2022, April 28).
Mahmiyat. Acanthus syriacus. (2022, April 28).

Citation

Acanthus hirsutus subsp. syriacus (Boiss.) Brummitt in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/781 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.