Mint Family

This is a cute little annual of the Middle East Mts, the scented leaves are used for tea. In Israel it is endangered.

A small shrublet. Leaves silvery - covered by tiny hairs that decrease water evaporation. Flowers pale yellow, one lipped. The species grows at the edge of the Mediterranean region penetrating the semidesert. In Israel it is sparse and rather rare.

Ajuga orientalis is scattered in the Middle East and the Caucasus. In Israel it is rather rare in the north parts of the country.

Ajuga orientalis is a peculiar hairy perennial of SW Asia.

Ballota nigra is a common weed of temperate Euro-Asia.

Ballota philistaea is a local endemic perennial found only in the Israeli coastal plain and in Edom Mts in south Jordan. In both cases it grows on sandy soil. It is rather common, but decreasing in Israel due to urbanization. It is often found under other shrubs such as Retama raetam and Ephedra aphylla.

A Israeli coastal endemic plant. Close to the european Ballota nigra. The calyx has 5 teeth.

Ballota rotundifolia is a shrublet of NE Turkey. It has rounded leaves.

An east Mediterranean shrublet, that penetrates the desert mountains.

An east Mediterranean shrublet, that penetrates the desert mountains.

Ballota undulata is a common dwarf shrub of the desert and Mediterranean regions of Israel.

Ballota undulata is a common dwarf shrub growing primatily in the dry Mediterranean areas, penetrating the semidesert in rocky places.

Ballota undulata is a common shrublet growing along Israel from the desert to the Mediterranean region.Herre u can see it in fruit. Soon the calyses will desperse by wind with the seeds it them.

A common shrublet in the arid parts of the eastern Mediterranean.

A common shrublet in the arid parts of the eastern Mediterranean, growing in rocky slopes

Ballota undulata is a common shrublet in the arid eastern Mediterranean, penetrating the semidesert. It has large calyses that remain for long months, before seed dispersal.

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Caryopteris tangutica is a Chinese shrublet, it had nice blooming and scented leaves that pruduced essential oils.

Clinopodium vulgare is a common European perennial. It reachers its southern border in northern Israel, like some other species. In Israel it is ver rare occuring only in the north Golan Heights and Mt Hermon.

Clinopodium vulgare is a common perennial in Europe and the Mts of the Middle East and the Caucasus. In Israel it reaches its southern border and is rare.

Holmskioldia sanguinea is a beautiful winter blooming shrub that originates in India and the Himalayas.

Lallemantia peltata is a common weed in the firelds of Armenia and Turkey. As u can see, it has typical flower bracts.

Lallemantia peltata is a beautiful small annual. Here you can see its typical toothed bracteols, accompanying the flowers.

This lamium is common in the Mediterranean region. In Israsel it is a rather rare (but locally common) species of the north. This one was taken in Mt Hermon, 1600m.