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MaltaWildPlants.com by Stephen Mifsud |
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Index of Plant Families (5 families in this page) |
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BORAGINACEAE Juss. ( Borage Family ) | Subfamalies: Boraginoideae; Cordioideae; Ehretioideae; Heliotropioideae; Hydrophylloideae; Lennooideae
Family Description: Herbs or dwarf shrubs, often hispid. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, simple. Flowers usually in scorpioid cymes, usually actinomorphic. Calyx 5-toothed or-lobed. Corollas lobed, cylindrical, campanulate, hypocrateriform or rotate, usually with a distinct tube and limb; tube often with 5 scales, invaginations, or tufts or lines of hairs inside, sometimes with an annulus at the base. Stamens 5, inserted on the corolla and alternating with the lobes. Ovary superior, 2- or 4-locular; style usually simple, arising from between the 4 lobes of the ovary (gynobasic), rarely terminal. Fruit of 2 or 4 nutlets (rarely 1 or 3 by abortion). |  | | |  |
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Botanical Name |
Common Name |
Maltese Name |
Flowering Period |
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Profile Type |
Retzius
Main Synonym :
Anchusa azurea | Italian Bugloss, Large Blue alkanet, Garden Anchusa | Lsien il-Fart ikħal | Apr-Jun |  | Detailed Profile with 30 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Common Borage, Common Bugloss, Burrage | Fidloqqom | Dec-May |  | Detailed Profile with 59 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Honeywort, Great Honeywort | Qniepen | Feb-Apr |  | Detailed Profile with 40 images. |
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Miller
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Blue Hound's Tongue | Ilsien il-Kelb | Feb-May |  | Normal Profile with 10 images. |
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Gussone
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Coastal Viper's Bugloss | Lsien il-fart tar-ramel, Lsien il-fart tax-xtut | Feb-Jun |  | Normal Profile with 9 images. |
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L. fil.
Main Synonym :
Echium fastuasum | Pride of Madeira | Maltese name not known | Apr-Jul |  | Normal Profile with 5 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Pale Bugloss, Italian Viper's Bugloss, Italian Bugloss | Ilsien il-fart abjad, Ilsien il-fart kbir | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile with 9 images. |
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Moench
Main Synonym :
Echium calycinum | Small-flowered Viper's Bugloss | Lsien il-fart żgħir | Jan-Jun |  | Normal Profile with 11 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Echium lycopsis | Purple Viper's Bugloss, Paterson's Curse, Salvation Jane | Lsien il-fart vjola | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile with 5 images. |
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Pomel
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Sand Viper's Bugloss | Lsien il-fart tax-xatt | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile with 18 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Salt Heliotrope, Seaside Heliotrope, Quailplant | Maltese name not known | Mar-Oct |  | Normal Profile with 4 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Common Heliotrope, Potato weed, European Heliotrope | Vanilja bajda | Jun-Sep |  | Detailed Profile with 35 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Buglossoides arvense | Field Gromwell, Corn Gromwell | Maltese name not known | Jan-May |  | Normal Profile with 8 images. |
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Rochel
Main Synonym :
Myosotis collina | Early Forget-me-not | Widnet il-ġurdien | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile with 0 images. |
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(L.) I.M. Johnston
Main Synonym :
Lithospermum apulum | Yellow Gromwell | Maltese name not known | Mar-Apr |  | Normal Profile with 1 images. |
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Kunth
Main Synonym :
Wigandia urens var. caracasana | Wigandia | Maltese name not known | Jun-Sep |  | Normal Profile with 11 images. |
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CONVOLVULACEAE Juss. ( BindWeed Family ) | Subfamalies: nil.
Family Description: Herbs or shrubs. Stems often climbing. Leaves alternate, exstipulate. Flowers actinomorphic, in terminal or axillary inflorescences, sometimes solitary. Sepals 5, usually free. Corolla infundibuliform, tubular or campanulate, usually 5-lobed or -angled. Stamens 5, alternating with corolla-lobes. Ovary 1- to 4-locular, superior; ovules 1 or 2 in each loculus; style terminal. Fruit a capsule. |  | | |  |
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Botanical Name |
Common Name |
Maltese Name |
Flowering Period |
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Profile Type |
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(Tenore) G. Don
Main Synonym :
Calystegia sepium × silvatica | Hybrid bindweed | Leblieb bagħal | Jun-Aug |  | Normal Profile with 7 images. |
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(L.) R. Brown
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus sepium L. | Hedge bindweed | Leblieb kbir roża | May-Jul |  | Normal Profile with 5 images. |
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(Kitaibel) Grisebach
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus silvaticus Kitaibel | Great bindweed | Leblieb kbir | May-Jul |  | Normal Profile with 0 images. |
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(L.) Roemer & schultes
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus soldanella L. | Sea bindweed, Sand bindweed | Leblieb tar-ramel, Leblieb tal-baħar | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile with 6 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Mallow bindweed, Mallow-leaved bindweed, Riviera bindweed | Leblieb tax-xagħri roża | Mar-Jun |  | Normal Profile with 9 images. |
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(Sm.) Batt.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus elegantissimus Miller | Silvery Mallow-Leaved BindWeed, Dissected Mallow-Leaved BindWeed | Leblieba tax-xagħri ċar, Leblieba tax-xagħri tal-werqa fiddenija | Mar-Jun |  | Detailed Profile with 36 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus auriculatus Desr. | Field BindWeed, Lesser bindweed, Morning Glory Flower | Leblieb tar-raba | May-Sep |  | Detailed Profile with 39 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus terrestris L. | Cantabrican morning glory, Dwarf bindweed, Cantabrican bindweed | Leblieb skars | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile with 8 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus intermedius Loisel. | Narrow-leaved bindweed, Pygmy bindweed | Leblieb abjad, Leblieb tax-xatt | Mar-Jun |  | Normal Profile with 13 images. |
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Desrousseaux
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus linearis Curtis | Pink bindweed, Olive-leaved bindweed | Leblieb tal-irdum, Leblieb tal-blat | Mar-Oct |  | Normal Profile with 14 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus arcuatus C. Presl | Two-coloured bindweed, Grassy bindweed | Leblieb żgħir | Mar-Jun |  | Normal Profile with 13 images. |
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Viviani
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus mauritanicus Boiss. | Blue rock bindweed, Ground blue bindweed, Savona bindweed | Leblieb ta' Savona | May-Sep |  | Normal Profile with 8 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus ovatus Moench | Blue bindweed, Small bindweed | Leblieb tal-werqa tleqq | Mar-Jun |  | Normal Profile with 16 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus cupanianus Death. | Three-coloured bindweed, Dwarf Morning Glory | Leblieb ikħal, Leblieb tal-werqa tleqq | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile with 4 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Mediterranean bindweed, Grey-leaved Marsh Cresse, Salt Cresse | Kressa | May-Jul |  | Normal Profile with 7 images. |
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Yuncker
Main Synonym :
Cuscuta pentagona | Western Field Dodder, Golden Dodder, Field Dodder | Pittma tal-Amerika | Dec-Apr |  | Normal Profile with 10 images. |
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(L.) L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Dodder, Clover Dodder, Thyme Dodder | Pittma | Mar-Apr |  | Normal Profile with 12 images. |
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Vahl
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | One-seeded dodder | Maltese name not known | Feb-Apr |  | Normal Profile with 0 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Ipomoea bona-nox L. | Moonflower vine, Tropical white morning glory, Moon vine | Kampanella bajda | Mar-Jul |  | Normal Profile with 5 images. |
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(L.) Lam.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus batatas L. | Sweet potato vine | Patata Ħelwa | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile with 0 images. |
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(L.) Sweet
Main Synonym :
Ipomoea palmata Forssk. | Cairo morning glory, Mile-a-minute Vine, Messina creeper | Kampanella tal-Eġittu | All Year |  | Normal Profile with 12 images. |
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(Burmann) Merrill
Main Synonym :
Ipomoea cathartica Poir. | Blue morning Glory, Oceanblue morning Glory, Blue Dawnflower | Kampanella tal-Indja | Apr-Nov |  | Normal Profile with 20 images. |
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(L.) Roth
Main Synonym :
Ipomoea diversifolia Lindl. | Purple morning glory, Common morning Glory, Tall morning Glory | Kampanella komuni, Kampanella vjola | Jul-Oct |  | Normal Profile with 3 images. |
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Cavanilles
Main Synonym :
Ipomoea rubrocaerulea Hook. | Morning glory, Mexican morning glory | Kampanella kaħla | Mar-Jul |  | Normal Profile with 4 images. |
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LAMIACEAE Lindl. ( Mint Family ) Conservative synonym: Labiatae | Subfamalies: Symphorematoideae; Viticoideae; Ajugoideae; Prostantheroideae; Nepetoideae; Scutellarioideae; Lamioideae
Family Description: Herbs or shrubs, often glandular and aromatic. Leaves usually simple, exstipulate, opposite. Flowers zygomorphic, usually in contracted and modified cymes in the axils of opposite bracts or floral leaves, forming pseudowhorls called verticillasters, which in turn are arranged in simple or compound spike-like, cymose, corymbose, paniculate or capitate inflorescences; rarely in true cymes. Bracts leaf-like, or much reduced or modified (usually called floral leaves when conspicuous). Bracteoles usually small, sometimes absent. Calyx usually 4- or 5-lobed, often 2-lipped with the upper lip 3-toothed and the lower 2-toothed. Corolla sympetalous; limb usually 5-lobed, often 2-lipped with the upper lip 2-lobed and the lower lip 3-lobed, rarely all 5 lobes forming the lower lip. Stamens usually 4, didynamous, rarely 2. Ovary superior, 2-carpellate but appearing equally 4-lobed when mature due to further partition; style single, usually branched above and gynobasic. Fruit of four 1-seeded nutlets. |  | | |  |
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Common Name |
Maltese Name |
Flowering Period |
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Profile Type |
(L.) Schreber
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Southern Bugle, French Groundpine, Southern Groundpine | Xantkura | Mar-Nov |  | Normal Profile with 7 images. |
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(Robill. & Castagne ex DC.) Briq.
Main Synonym :
Ajuga iva subsp. Pseudoiva | Yellow Southern Bugle, French Groundpine | Xantkura safra | Mar-Nov |  | Normal Profile with 7 images. |
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(Fiori & Bèguinot) Patzak
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Black Horehound, Black Hoarhound, Stinking Horehound | Marrubja sewda | Oct-Nov |  | Detailed Profile with 51 images. |
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(L.) Savi
Main Synonym :
Satureia nepeta | Lesser Calaminth, Nepitella, Basil thyme | Kalaminta, Kammilta | Oct-Apr |  | Detailed Profile with 51 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Henbit Dead Nettle, Common Henbit, Giraffe Head | Kapilliera | Dec-Apr |  | Normal Profile with 8 images. |
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Miller
Main Synonym :
Lavandula officinalis | Common Lavender, True Lavender | Maltese name not known | May-Sep |  | Normal Profile with 5 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | French Lavender, Fringed Lavender | Maltese name not known | Jun-Nov |  | Normal Profile with 0 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Fern-leaved Lavender, Egyptian Lavender, French Lace Lavender | Maltese name not known | May-Sep |  | Normal Profile with 4 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | White Horehound, Common Horehound | Marrubja bajda | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile with 0 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Balm, Lemon Balm | Nagħniegħ in-naħal, Burieħa, Melissa | May-Jul |  | Normal Profile with 8 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Water Mint | Nagħniegħ selvaġġ | Jun-Nov |  | Normal Profile with 0 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Mentha balsamea | Peppermint | Nagħniegħ tas-seba' rwejjaħ | Jul-Oct |  | Normal Profile with 9 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Peppermint, Pennroyal Mint, European Pennyroyal | Plejju | Apr-Jul |  | Normal Profile with 10 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Mentha viridis | Spear Mint | Nagħniegħ, Nagħniegħ tal-ikel | May-Aug |  | Normal Profile with 10 images. |
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Ehrhart
Main Synonym :
Mentha rotundifolia | Round-leaved Mint | Nagħniegħ Selvaġġ | May-Oct |  | Normal Profile with 5 images. |
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(L.) Bentham
Main Synonym :
Satureja graeca | Greek Savory, Pink Micromeria | Sagħtrija Griega | Mar-Jul |  | Normal Profile with 6 images. |
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(D'urv) Benth.
Main Synonym :
Satureja microphylla | Maltese savory, Small-leaved Micromeria | Xpakkapietra, Xkattapietra, Sagħtrija | All Year |  | Normal Profile with 15 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Basil, Common Basil | Ħabaq | Apr-Nov |  | Normal Profile with 3 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Dictamnus creticus | Dittany, Dittany of Crete, Hop Marjoram | Riegnu ta' Ġnien il-Kbir | May-Sep |  | Normal Profile with 0 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Marjoram, Sweet Organic | Merqtux, Riegnu | May-Sep |  | Normal Profile with 10 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Majorana onites | White Marjoram, Pot Marjoram | Riegnu abjad | May-Sep |  | Normal Profile with 0 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Oregano, Wild Marjoram, Greek Oregano | Riegnu selvaġġ, Merqtux selvaġġ | May-Sep |  | Normal Profile with 8 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Great Sage, Jerusalem Sage | Salvja tal-Madonna | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile with 7 images. |
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(Lour.) Spreng.
Main Synonym :
Coleus amboinicus | Cuban oregano, Spanish thyme, Mexican thyme | Maltese name not known | Feb-Jun |  | Normal Profile with 3 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | White Hedge-Nettle, Mediterranean Prasium | Te` Sqalli | Dec-Jun |  | Normal Profile with 14 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Rosemary | Klin | All Year |  | Normal Profile with 12 images. |
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Miller
Main Synonym :
Salvia triloba | Three-lobed Sage | Salvja ta' Sqallija | May-Aug |  | Normal Profile with 15 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Common Sage | Salvja tal-ikel | May-Aug |  | Normal Profile with 0 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Wild Sage, Wild Clary, Vervain Salvia | Salvja selvaġġa | Oct-Jun |  | Normal Profile with 8 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Common Siderits, Simplebeak Ironwort | Sideritis | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile with 7 images. |
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(L.) Briquet
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Hairy Woundwort, Yellow Woundwort, Italian Hedge-nettle | Betonika | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile with 10 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Yellow Germander | Borgħom komuni | May-Jul |  | Normal Profile with 7 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Olive-leaved Germander, Evergreen Germander, Shrubby Germander | Żebbuġija | Dec-Jun |  | Normal Profile with 12 images. |
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(Schreber) Arcangeli
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Water Germander | Borgħom tal-ilma | Apr-Aug |  | Normal Profile with 8 images. |
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(L.) Cavanilles
Main Synonym :
Thymbrus capitatus | Mediterranean Thyme, Headed Savory, Conhead Thyme | Sagħtar | May-Jul |  | Normal Profile with 20 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Chaste Tree, Monk's Pepper, Virgin Bush | Siġret il-virgi, Għadib, Bżar il-Patrijiet | May-Sep |  | Normal Profile with 15 images. |
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SOLANACEAE Juss. ( Potato Family ) | Subfamalies: Cestroideae; Goetzeoideae; Nicotianoideae; Petunioideae; Schizanthoideae; Schwenckioideae; Solanoideae
Family Description: Herbs or shrubs. Leaves simple to pinnate, exstipulate. Flowers actinomorphic or zygomorphic, hermaphrodite. Calyx (3-)5(-6) lobed or -dentate. Corolla rotate to campanulate, infundibuliform or tubular, 5(6- or 10)-lobed, rarely subentire; lobes valvate or plicate in bud. Stamens 5(-8), adnate to the corolla-tube and alternating with the lobes; anthers usually with introrse longitudinal dehiscence. Ovary superior, with 2 (rarely more) loculi; style simple; stigma entire to 2-lobed. Fruit a capsule or berry usually 2-locular. Seeds usually numerous (rarely 2-11). |  | | |  |
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Botanical Name |
Common Name |
Maltese Name |
Flowering Period |
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Profile Type |
Miller
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Downy Thorn Apple, Desert Thorn Apple, Angel's Trumpet | Siġret ir-rizzi | May-Dec |  | Normal Profile with 3 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Common Thorn Apple, Apple of Peru, Devil's Trumpet | Maltese name not known | May-Dec |  | Normal Profile with 8 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Datura stramonium var. tatula | Devil's Trumpet, Jamestown weed, Jimsonweed | Maltese name not known | May-Dec |  | Normal Profile with 0 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | White Henbane, Russian Henbane | Mammażejża, Bang | All Year |  | Detailed Profile with 61 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Henbane, Black Henbane | Maltese name not known | Apr-Jul |  | Normal Profile with 0 images. |
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Miller
Main Synonym :
Lycium ovatum | Chinese Tea Tree, Chinese Desert Thorn | Għawseġ taċ-Ċina | Apr-Jul |  | Normal Profile with 0 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Mediterranean Tea Tree, Mediterranean Boxthorn, Spiny Jujube Tree | Għawseġ tal-Mediterran | Mar-Jul |  | Normal Profile with 6 images. |
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Miers.
Main Synonym :
Lycium macrocalyx | African Tea Tree, African Boxthorn, Cape Boxthorn | Għawseġ tal-Afrika | Mar-Jul |  | Normal Profile with 9 images. |
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Boissier
Main Synonym :
Lycium europaeum var. intricatum | Southern Tea Tree, Southern Boxthorn | Għawseġ | Mar-Jul |  | Normal Profile with 12 images. |
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Mill.
Main Synonym :
Solanum lycopersicon | Tomato | Tadama | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile with 6 images. |
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Graham
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Glaucous Tobacco, Tree Tobacco, Shrub Tobacco | Tabakk tas-swar | Apr-Oct |  | Normal Profile with 14 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Physalis pubescens var. peruviana | Peruvian Cape Gooseberry | Tuffieħ tal-fanal | May-Jun |  | Normal Profile with 8 images. |
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Cavanilles
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Silver-leaf Nightshade | Maltese name not known | Apr-Sep |  | Normal Profile with 4 images. |
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Hepper & P.-M.L.Jaeger
Main Synonym :
Solanum sodmeum Dunal | Brown Nightshade | Maltese name not known | Apr-Oct |  | Normal Profile with 0 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Black Nightshade, Garden Nightshade, Poisonberry | Għeneb id-dib iswed | All Year |  | Normal Profile with 11 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Potato | Patata | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile with 4 images. |
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Miller
Main Synonym :
Solanum luteum | Yellow Nightshade, Hairy Nightshade, Red-fruited Nightshade | Għeneb id-dib isfar, Tuffieħ is-serp | Apr-Nov |  | Normal Profile with 7 images. |
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(L.) Dunal
Main Synonym :
Physalis somnifera | Mediterranean Withania | Maltese name not known | May-Sep |  | Normal Profile with 9 images. |
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VERBENACEAE Jaume St.-Hil ( Vervain Family ) | Subfamalies: nil.
Family Description: Herbs or shrubs with opposite or verticillate leaves. Flowers 4- to 5-merous, weakly zygomorphic. Calyx usually small. Corolla rotate. Ovary superior, initially 1-locular but becoming 2- to 4-locular by the development of septa; style terminal; ovules usually 1 in each loculus. Fruit usually a drupe, rarely a capsule or dividing into 2 or 4 1-seeded nutlets. |  | | |  |
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Botanical Name |
Common Name |
Maltese Name |
Flowering Period |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Duranta erecta | Golden Dewdrop, Sky Flower | Maltese name not known | Feb-Jun |  | Normal Profile with 5 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Lantana armata | Lantana, Spanish Flag | Lantana | All Year |  | Normal Profile with 9 images. |
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(Spreng.) Briq.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Trailing Lantana | Lantana xeblieka | All Year |  | Normal Profile with 8 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Lippia repens | Lippia, Creeping Lip Plant, Turkey Tangle Fogfruit | Maltese name not known | Jun-Jul |  | Normal Profile with 5 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Common Verbena, Vervain, Herb-of-the-cross | Buqexrem | Apr-Dec |  | Normal Profile with 8 images. |
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