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Index of Plant Families (7 families in this page)

ACANTHACEAE
Acanthus
BIGNONIACEAE
Bignonia
MYOPORACEAE
Myoporum
OROBANCHACEAE
Broomrape
PLANTAGINACEAE
Plantain
SCROPHULARIACEAE
Figwort
SOLANACEAE
Potato
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ACANTHACEAE

( Acanthus Family )		 Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Herbs or shrubs. Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate. Flowers zygomorphic, in spike-like inflorescences. Bracts often conspicuous, coloured. Calyx 4-lobed, 2-lipped, or campanulate, 5-fid. Corolla sympetalous, zygomorphic, with a short tube; limb 2-lipped with the upper lip subentire and the lower 3-fid, or 1-lipped with the upper lip absent. Stamens 2 or 4. Ovary superior, 2-locular, with axile placentae; style single, unequally 2-lobed. Fruit a loculicidal capsule with indurated funicles (jaculators) which eject the seeds.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Acanthus mollis
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Acanthus,
Artists's Acanthus 		Ħannewija Apr-Jun Detailed Profile
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images.
Acanthus spinosus
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Acanthus No Name Mar-Jun Short Profile
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images.
Justicia adhatoda
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Acanthus No Name Mar-Jun Short Profile
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images.


BIGNONIACEAE

( Bignonia Family )		 Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Description text for this family is under progress and unavailable at the moment ...
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Jacaranda mimosifolia
D. Don

Main Synonym :
Jacaranda acutifolia
Bignonia No Name Spring -
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images.
Macfadyena unguis-cati
(L.) A. H. Gentry

Main Synonym :
Doxantha unguis-cati
Bignonia,
Cat-claw Trumpet 		No Name Spring Short Profile
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images.
Tecoma capensis
(Thunberg) Spach

Main Synonym :
Tecomaria capensis
Bignonia No Name Summer Short Profile
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images.
Tecoma stans
(L.) Seemann

Main Synonym :
Stenolobium stans
Bignonia,
Yellow Trumpet,
Common Yellow Elder 		No Name Summer Short Profile
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images.
Tecoma x smithii
(DC.) T. Sprague

Main Synonym :
Stenolobium alatum
Bignonia,
Orange Jubilee 		No Name Summer Short Profile
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images.


MYOPORACEAE

( Myoporum Family )		 Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Shrubs or small trees. Leaves simple, exstipulate. Flowers 5-merous. Calyx deeply lobed. Corolla with a short tube and weakly zygomorphic limb. Stamens 4-5, inserted on the corollatube and alternating with the lobes. Ovary superior, 2- to 10 locular; style filiform; ovules usually 1 or 2 in each loculus. Fruit a drupe.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Myoporum insulare
R.Br.

Main Synonym :
Myoporum serratum
Myoporum No Name Apr-Jun Short Profile
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images.
Myoporum laetum
G. Forster

Main Synonym :
Myoporum tenuifolium
Myoporum,
Ngaio 		No Name Apr-Jun -
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images.


OROBANCHACEAE

( Broomrape Family )		 Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Perennial (rarely annual) herbs without chlorophyll, parasitic on the roots of other phanerogamic plants (usually herbaceous dicotyledons). Stems erect, usually simple. Leaves alternate, scale-like, often succulent at first. Flowers in a terminal spike or raceme, rarely in a panicle or solitary. Calyx tubular, cup-shaped or 2-lipped. Corolla 5-lobed, 2-lipped or almost regular. Stamens 4, didynamous. Ovary superior, 1-locular, with 2-4 parietal, often deeply lobed placentae; style single; stigma more or less 2-lobed. Fruit a loculicidal capsule; seeds small, numerous.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Orobanche canescens
C. Presl

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Broomrape No Name Mar-May Short Profile
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images.
Orobanche caryophyllacea
Smith

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Broomrape No Name Apr-May Short Profile
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images.
Orobanche cernua
Loefling

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Broomrape No Name Apr-May Short Profile
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images.
Orobanche clausonis
Pomel

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Broomrape No Name Apr-May Short Profile
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images.
Orobanche crenata
Forsskål

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Broomrape Budebbus Tal-ful Mar-May Short Profile
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images.
Orobanche densiflora var. melitensis
Salzmann Beck

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Broomrape,
Sand Broomrape 		Budebbus Tar-ramel Mar-May Short Profile
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images.
Orobanche hederae
Duby

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Broomrape No Name Mar-Jun Short Profile
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images.
Orobanche lavandulacea
Reichenbach

Main Synonym :
Kopsia lavandulacea
Broomrape,
Blue Broomrape 		Budebbus Vjola,
Budebbus Ikħal 		Apr-May Short Profile
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Orobanche minor
Smith

Main Synonym :
Orobanche barbata
Broomrape No Name Mar-Apr Short Profile
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images.
Orobanche muteli var. melitensis
F.W. Schultz

Main Synonym :
Phelipanche nana
Broomrape,
White Broomrape 		Budebbus Tal-ingliża,
Budebbus Abjad 		Apr-May Short Profile
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images.
Orobanche picridis
F.W. Schultz

Main Synonym :
Orobanche loricata
Broomrape No Name Apr-May Short Profile
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images.
Orobanche pubescens
D' Urville

Main Synonym :
Orobanche versicolor
Broomrape Budebbus Muswaf,
Budebbus Tal-lellux 		Apr-May -
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images.


PLANTAGINACEAE

( Plantain Family )		 Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Herbs or dwarf shrubs. Leaves usually in basal rosettes, sometimes opposite or alternate, exstipulate. Flowers (2-)4-merous, actinomorphic, usually hermaphrodite, bracteate, usually in spikes. Sepals connate at base, persistent. Corolla gamopetalous, scarious. Filaments long; anthers conspicuous. Ovary superior, 1- to 4-locular; style 1; ovules 1 to many, axile or basal. Fruit a circumscissile capsule or indehiscent; seeds endospermic, with straight embryo, often mucilaginous when wet.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Plantago afra
L.

Main Synonym :
Plantago psyllium
Plantain Żerrigħet Il-briegħed Jan-May Short Profile
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images.
Plantago albicans
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Plantain No Name Apr-May Short Profile
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images.
Plantago altissima
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Plantain No Name ? Short Profile
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images.
Plantago bellardi
Allioni

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Plantain No Name Mar-May Short Profile
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images.
Plantago coronopus
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Plantain Salib L-art,
Biżbula Tal-baħar 		Mar-Oct Short Profile
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images.
Plantago crypsoides
Boissier

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Plantain No Name Mar-Jun Short Profile
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images.
Plantago lagopus
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Plantain,
Hare's Foot Plantain 		Biżbula Komuni Feb-May Short Profile
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images.
Plantago lanceolata
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Plantain Biżbula Selvaġġa Mar-May Short Profile
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images.
Plantago macrorrhiza subsp. humilis
(Gussone) Pilger

Main Synonym :
Plantago coronopus subsp. macrorrhiza
Plantain,
Coastal Plantain 		No Name Mar-Oct Short Profile
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images.
Plantago major subsp. major
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Plantain,
Ratstail Plantain 		Biżbula Kbira Mar-Nov Short Profile
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images.
Plantago serraria
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Plantain Biżbula Tas-snien Mar-May Short Profile
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images.
Plantago weldenii
Reichenbach

Main Synonym :
Plantago coronopus subsp. weldenii
Plantain Salib L-art Mar-Oct Short Profile
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images.


SCROPHULARIACEAE

( Figwort Family )		 Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Herbs, rarely shrubs. Leaves simple (though sometimes deeply lobed), exstipulate, alternate or opposite (rarely all basal, or the uppermost whorled). Flowers zygomorphic (though sometimes only very slightly), usually in bracteate spikes or racemes, less often solitary in the leaf-axils or in cymes. Calyx usually 4- or 5-lobed, sometimes 2-lipped. Corolla (4)5(8)-lobed or 2-lipped. Stamens usually 2 or 4, rarely 3, 5 or 6-8; staminodes sometimes present. Ovary superior, 2-locular (sometimes 1-locular in upper part and rarely throughout); style single; stigma usually capitate. Fruit a capsule (rarely indehiscent); seeds usually numerous.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Antirrhinum siculum
Miller

Main Synonym :
Antirrhinum majus subsp. siculum
Figwort,
Wall Snapdragon 		Papoċċi Bojod,
Ras Il-mewt,
Ras Il-baqra 		All Year Detailed Profile
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images.
Antirrhinum tortuosum
Bosc

Main Synonym :
Antirrhinum majus subsp. tortuosum
Figwort,
Lion's Mouth 		Papoċċi ħomor All Year Detailed Profile
with

images.
Bellardia trixago
(L.) Allioni

Main Synonym :
Bartsia trixago
Figwort,
Mediterranean Lineseed,
Bellardia 		Perlina Bajda Apr-May Short Profile
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images.
Buddleja madagascariensis
Lamarck

Main Synonym :
Nicodemia madagascariensis
Figwort,
Smokebush 		No Name Dec-May Short Profile
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images.
Chaenorhinum minus
(L.) Lange

Main Synonym :
Linaria minor
Figwort,
Small Toadflax 		No Name Jun-Aug Short Profile
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images.
Cymbalaria muralis
Gaertner

Main Synonym :
Linaria cymbalaria
Figwort No Name Feb-Apr Short Profile
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images.
Kickxia commutata
(Bernhardi) Fritsch

Main Synonym :
Linaria commutata
Figwort Xatbet L-art Vjola May-Jun Short Profile
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images.
Kickxia elatine
(L.) Dumortier

Main Synonym :
Linaria elatine
Figwort Xatbet L-art Rara May-Aug Short Profile
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images.
Kickxia spuria
(L.) Dumortier

Main Synonym :
Linaria spuria
Figwort Xetbet L-art Safra Jun-Sep Detailed Profile
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images.
Linaria chalepensis
(L.) Miller

Main Synonym :
Antirrhinum chalepensis
Figwort No Name Mar-May Short Profile
with

images.
Linaria pseudolaxiflora
Lojacono

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Figwort Papoċċi Ta' Malta,
Xetbet L-Ardar Ta' Malta 		Mar-May Detailed Profile
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images.
Linaria triphylla
(L.) Miller

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Figwort Papoċċi Tat-tliett Werqiet Feb-Apr Short Profile
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images.
Misopates calycinum
(Ventenat) Rothmaler

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Figwort,
Pale Weasel's Snout 		No Name Mar-Jun -
with

images.
Misopates orontium
(L.) Dumortier

Main Synonym :
Antirrhinum orontium
Figwort,
Linear-leaved Snapdragon 		Papoċċi Rqiq,
Papoċċi Tar-Raba 		Apr-Jul Detailed Profile
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images.
Parentucellia viscosa
(L.) Caruel

Main Synonym :
Bartsia viscosa
Figwort,
Yellow Eye-bright 		Perlina Safra Mar-May Short Profile
with

images.
Scrophularia auriculata
L.

Main Synonym :
Scrophularia aquatica
Figwort,
Water Betony 		Fiswet Il-kelb Tal-ilma Feb-May Detailed Profile
with

images.
Scrophularia peregrina
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Figwort,
Brown Figwort,
Mediterranean Figwort 		Fiswet Il-kelb,
Nittiena 		Mar-May Short Profile
with

images.
Verbascum creticum
(L.) Cavanilles

Main Synonym :
Celsia cretica
Figwort No Name Apr-Jun Short Profile
with

images.
Verbascum sinuatum
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Figwort Xatbet L-andar May-Aug Short Profile
with

images.
Verbascum thapsus
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Figwort,
Common Mullein 		No Name Jun-Aug Short Profile
with

images.
Veronica agrestis
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Figwort No Name Jan-Apr Short Profile
with

images.
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Figwort Veronika Tal-ilma Mar-Oct Short Profile
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images.
Veronica arvensis
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Figwort,
Common Speedwell,
Rock Speedwell 		No Name Feb-Apr Short Profile
with

images.
Veronica cymbalaria
Bodard

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Figwort,
Glandular Speedwell 		Veronika Bajda Dec-May Short Profile
with

images.
Veronica hederifolia
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Figwort No Name Dec-Mar Short Profile
with

images.
Veronica panormitana
Tineo

Main Synonym :
Veronica cymbalaria var. panormitana
Figwort No Name Dec-May Short Profile
with

images.
Veronica persica
Poiret

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Figwort,
Persian Speedwell 		No Name Feb-Apr Short Profile
with

images.
Veronica polita
Fries

Main Synonym :
Veronica didyma
Figwort,
Grey Field Speedwell 		No Name Feb-Apr Short Profile
with

images.


SOLANACEAE

( Potato Family )		 Subfamalies: nil.

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).
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Datura innoxia
Miller

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Potato,
Desert Thorn Apple,
Angel's Trumpet 		Siġret Ir-rizzi May-Dec Short Profile
with

images.
Datura stramonium
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Potato,
Apple Of Peru,
Devil's Trumpet 		No Name May-Dec Short Profile
with

images.
Datura tatula
L.

Main Synonym :
Datura stramonium var. tatula
Potato,
Jamestown Weed,
Jimsonweed 		No Name May-Dec Short Profile
with

images.
Hyoscyamus albus
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Potato Mammażejża,
Bang 		All Year Detailed Profile
with

images.
Hyoscyamus niger
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Potato,
Black Henbane 		No Name Apr-Jul Short Profile
with

images.
Lycium chinense
Miller

Main Synonym :
Lycium ovatum
Potato,
Chinese Desert Thorn 		No Name Apr-Jul Short Profile
with

images.
Lycium europaeum
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Potato,
Mediterranean Boxthorn,
Spiny Jujube Tree 		Għawseġ Tal-Mediterran Mar-Jul Short Profile
with

images.
Lycium ferrocissimum
Miers.

Main Synonym :
Lycium macrocalyx
Potato,
African Boxthorn,
Cape Boxthorn 		Għawseġ Tal-Afrika Mar-Jul Short Profile
with

images.
Lycium intricatum
Boissier

Main Synonym :
Lycium europaeum var. intricatum
Potato,
Southern Boxthorn 		Għawseġ Mar-Jul Short Profile
with

images.
Lycopersicum esculentum
Mill.

Main Synonym :
Solanum lycopersicon
Potato Tadama Apr-Jun Short Profile
with

images.
Nicotiana glauca
Graham

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Potato,
Tree Tobacco,
Shrub Tobacco 		Tabakk Tas-swar Apr-Oct Short Profile
with

images.
Petunia x hybrida
(Hook) P.L. Vilmorin

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Potato Petunja Apr-Sep Short Profile
with

images.
Physalis peruviana
L.

Main Synonym :
Physalis pubescens var. peruviana
Potato Tuffieħ Tal-fanal May-Jun Short Profile
with

images.
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Cavanilles

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Potato No Name Apr-Sep Short Profile
with

images.
Solanum nigrum
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Potato,
Garden Nightshade,
Poisonberry 		Għeneb Id-dib Iswed All Year Short Profile
with

images.
Solanum sodomaeum
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Potato No Name Apr-Oct Short Profile
with

images.
Solanum tuberosum
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Potato Patata Short Profile
with

images.
Solanum villosum
Miller

Main Synonym :
Solanum luteum
Potato,
Hairy Nightshade,
Red-fruited Nightshade 		Għeneb Id-dib Isfar,
Tuffieħ Is-serp 		Apr-Nov Short Profile
with

images.
Withania somnifera
(L.) Dunal

Main Synonym :
Physalis somnifera
Potato No Name May-Sep Short Profile
with

images.
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