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Index of Plant Families (127 families in this page)
ACANTHACEAE Juss. ( Acanthus Family ) Subfamalies: Acanthoideae; Avicennioideae; Nelsonioideae; Thunbergioideae 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
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L.
Main Synonym :
Acanthus spinulosus Host
Bear's Breech, Ħannewija May-Jun Detailed Profile 50
L.
Main Synonym :
Acanthus spinosissimus Pers.
Spiny Bear's Breeches Ħannewija xewwikija May-Jun Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Adhatoda vasica Nees
Malabar Nut Ġustizja Mar-Jun Normal Profile 2
AIZOACEAE Rudolphi ( Fig-Marigold Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Herbs or small shrubs. Leaves usually opposite and fleshy. Calyx tubular or turbinate, often with fleshy lobes. Petals and stamens usually numerous. Ovary usually inferior or semi-inferior. Fruit woody and opening on moistening, or fleshy and indehiscent. Most of the genera that occur in Europe originate from South Africa. They are cultivated for ornament, and many have become naturalized in milder, more or less frost-free, coastal regions of S. and W. Europe. The taxonomy and nomenclature of this family is confused, since many species and genera have been described from cultivated plants in European gardens without knowledge of the precise origin of the material. Furthermore, these succulent plants make poor herbarium specimens and type specimens have not always been preserved or have not survived.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Maltese Name
Flowering Period
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(L.) L. Bolus
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum acinaciforme L.
Hybrid Glaucous Hottenot Fig, Xuxet San Ġwann il-komuni, Mar-Jun Normal Profile 18
(L.) L. Bolus
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum acinaciforme L.
Glaucous Hottenot Fig, Xuxet San Ġwann iż-żgħira, Mar-Jun Normal Profile 9
(L.) N.E.Br.
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum edule L.
Hottenot Fig, Xuxet San Ġwann is-safra, Mar-Jun Normal Profile 5
(Hook. fil.) L.Bolus
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum cooperi Hoof f.
Though Trailing Ice Plant, Maltese name not known May-Aug Normal Profile 7
(L.) L.Bolus
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum crassifolium L.
Rounded Noon Flower, Maltese name not known May-Aug Normal Profile 0
(L.) Schwantes
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum hispidum L.
Hairy Dewflower, Kristallina vjola iż-żgħira, May-Jun Normal Profile 6
(L.) N.E.Br.
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum aureum L.
Golden Vygie Maltese name not known May-Aug Normal Profile 0
(Jacquin) N.E.Br.
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum multiradiatum Jacq. Lampranthus roseus (Willdenow) Schwantes
Creeping Ice Plant, Maltese name not known May-Aug Normal Profile 4
N.E.Br.
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum spectabile Haw.
Trailing Ice Plant Maltese name not known May-Aug Normal Profile 7
(Jacq.) Schwantes
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum croceum Jacq.
Red Ice Plant, Kristallina kbira l-oranġo All Year Normal Profile 9
(Haw.) Schwantes
Main Synonym :
Mesembryanthemum luteum Haw.
Rocky Point Ice Plant Kristallina kbira is-safra All Year Normal Profile 8
(Haw.) Schwantes
Main Synonym :
Crocanthus purpureocroceus (Haw.) L.Bolus
Tequila Sunrise Ice Plant Kristallina ta' żewġ ilwien All Year Normal Profile 12
N.E.Br.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Pink-flowered hybrid Malephora Maltese name not known Mar-Nov Normal Profile 8
L. fil.
Main Synonym :
Aptenia cordifolia (L. fil.) Schwantes Aptenia cordifolia (L. fil.) Schwantes
Heart-leaved Ice Plant, Widnet il-ħanżir, Mar-Nov Normal Profile 10
L.
Main Synonym :
Cryophytum crystallinum (L.) N.E.Br.
Crystal Ice Plant, Kristallina tar-ramel, May-Jul Normal Profile 10
(L.Bolus) Klak
Main Synonym :
Aptenia lancifolia L. Bolus Aptenia lancifolia L. Bolus
Lance-leaved Ice Plant, Qrun il-baqra Mar-Nov Normal Profile 14
L.
Main Synonym :
Cryophytum nodiflorum (L.) L.Bolus
Lesser Crystal Ice Plant, Kristallina tal-blat, Apr-Jul Normal Profile 8
ALISMATACEAE Vent. ( Water-plantain Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Aquatic or marsh herbs, usually perennial. Leaves alternate or basal, sheathing at the base. Flowers hermaphrodite or unisexual, usually bracteate and verticillate in pedunculate umbels, racemes or panicles, occasionally long-pedunculate in leaf-axils. Sepals 3. Petals 3, usually larger than the sepals, often fugacious or deciduous. Stamens 3-numerous, with elongated filaments; anthers opening by longitudinal slits. Carpels 3-numerous, spirally arranged or whorled, free or connate at the base; ovules 1-many; styles apical or subventral. Fruit a group of achenes, drupelets or follicles; seeds without endosperm; embryo horseshoe-shaped.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Maltese Name
Flowering Period
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With.
Main Synonym :
Alisma stenophyllum (Asch. & Graebn.) Sam.
Spear-leaved Water Plantain Biżbula tal-Ilma tal-werqa dejqa Mar-May Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Alisma major Gray
Water Plantain, Biżbula tal-Ilma Mar-May Normal Profile 11
Cosson
Main Synonym :
Alisma bourgaei (Coss.) Nyman
Mediterranean Starfruit Plantain Damażonju Mar-May Normal Profile 16
AMARANTHACEAE Juss. ( Amaranth Family ) Subfamalies: Amaranthoideae; Gomphrenoideae; Betoideae; Camphorosmoideae; Chenopodioideae (= Chenopodiaceae family); Corispermoideae; Polycnemoideae; Salicornioideae; Salsoloideae; Suaedoideae Family Description: Herbs or rarely small shrubs. Leaves opposite or alternate, entire, exstipulate. Flowers usually hermaphrodite, often in spicate or capitate, usually bracteate inflorescences; bracteoles 2-5. Perianth almost always dry and scarious, usually 4- or 5-merous; segments free or connate at base. Stamens 1-5, opposite the perianth-segments and usually not exserted. Ovary superior, unilocular; ovules amphitropous. Fruit with a membranous, rarely fleshy wall, dehiscing irregularly, or circumscissile (sometimes indehiscent).
Botanical Name
Common Name
Maltese Name
Flowering Period
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(L.) All.
Main Synonym :
Achyranthes aspera var. sicula L.
Devil's horsewhip, Maltese name not known Mar-Jun Normal Profile 7
S.Watson
Main Synonym :
Galliaria blitoides Nieuwl.
Mat Amaranth, Denb id-dib tal-ward ħamrani May-Nov Normal Profile 14
L.
Main Synonym :
Albersia blitum (L.) Kunth
Purple Amaranth Denb id-dib tal-qsari May-Nov Normal Profile 2
L.
Main Synonym :
Amaranthus mantegazzianus Pass.
Love-lies-bleeding, Denb id-dib lixx May-Oct Normal Profile 3
L.
Main Synonym :
Amaranthus paniculatus L.
Red Amaranth Denb id-dib vjola zgħir May-Oct Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Albersia prostrata (L.) Fourr.
Large-fruited Amaranth, Denb id-dib lixx May-Oct Normal Profile 13
L.
Main Synonym :
Amaranthus melancholicus L.
Elephant-head Amaranth Denb id-dib vjola kbir Apr-Oct Normal Profile 4
L.
Main Synonym :
Glomeraria graecizans (L.) Cav.
Spreading Pigweed Ghobbejra ħamra Jun-Oct Normal Profile 3
L.
Main Synonym :
Amaranthus chlorostachys Willd.
Prince's Feather Amaranth, Denb id-dib bagħal May-Nov Normal Profile 5
(Moq.) Hieron.
Main Synonym :
Euloxus muricatus Moq.
African Amaranth, Denb id-dib Afrikan Apr-Nov Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Galliaria retroflexa (L.) Nieuwl.
Rough Pigweed, Denb id-dib xewwikija May-Nov Normal Profile 12
L.
Main Synonym :
Amaranthus tristis L.
Joseph's Coat, Denb id-dib ta' tlett kuluri May-Dec Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Amaranthus gracilis Desf.
Slender Amaranth, Denb id-dib ħadra May-Dec Normal Profile 10
(Moric.) K.Koch
Main Synonym :
Salicornia macrostachya Moric.
Glaucous Glasswort, Almeridja tal-blat Jul-Oct Normal Profile 13
Edmontson
Main Synonym :
Atriplex patula subsp. glabriuscula (Edmondston) H.M.Hall & Clem.
Babington's Orache, Bjanka lixxa Aug-Nov Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Atriplex halimoides Tineo
Shrubby Orache, Bjanka, Aug-Nov Normal Profile 10
(Brullo & Pavone) G. Kadereit et Sukhor.
Main Synonym :
Cremnophyton lanfrancoi Brullo & Pavone Cremnophyton lanfrancoi Brullo & Pavone
Maltese Cliff Orache Bjanka tal-irdum Aug-Oct Normal Profile 14
L.
Main Synonym :
Atriplex erecta Huds.
Common Orache, Bjanka skarza Jul-Nov Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Halimus portulacoides (L.) Dumort. Halimione portulacoides (L.) Aellen
Sea Purslane Maltese name not known Oct-Nov Normal Profile 14
DC.
Main Synonym :
Atriplex triangularis Willd.
Spear-leaved Orache, Selq il-baħar Jul-Nov Normal Profile 16
L.
Main Synonym :
Atriplex foliolosa Link.
Rosy Orache, Selq tal-werqa roża Jul-Nov Normal Profile 0
(L.) A. J. Scott
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium scoparia L.
Summer Cypress, Maltese name not known Aug-Oct Normal Profile 9
(L.) Arcang.
Main Synonym :
Beta maritima L.
Sea Beet Selq tal-kosta Mar-Jul Normal Profile 13
L.
Main Synonym :
Beta cicla L.
Wild Beet Selq Mar-Jul Normal Profile 4
(L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium hybridum L. Chenopodium hybridum L.
Maple-leaved goosefoot Maltese name not known May-Jul Normal Profile 0
(L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium murale L. Chenopodium murale L.
Nettle-leaved Goosefoot Għobbejra ħadra Mar-Dec Normal Profile 12
L.
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium viride L.
Fat Hen, Għobbejra Bajdanija Jun-Oct Normal Profile 6
H. J. Coste & A. Reyn.
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium giganteum D.Don. Chenopodium giganteum D.Don.
Tree Spinach Maltese name not known Jun-Oct Normal Profile 3
L.
Main Synonym :
Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants
Mexican Tea, Għobbejra Tfuħ Te' Falz Apr-Nov Normal Profile 6
Smith
Main Synonym :
Anserina ficifolia (Sm.) Friche-Joset & Montandon
Fig-leaved Goosefoot Maltese name not known May-Jul Normal Profile 0
Schrad. ex W.D.J.Koch & Ziz
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium album subsp. opulifolium (Schrad. ex W.D.J.Koch & Ziz) Batt.
Grey Goosefoot, Għobbejra griża Apr-Jun Normal Profile 9
Roth
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium album subsp. striatum (Krašan) Murr
Striated Fat Hen Għobbejra bajdanija strixxata Apr-Jun Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium foetidum Lam.
Stinking Goosefoot, Għobbejra tinten Apr-Jun Normal Profile 6
(L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium urbicum L. Chenopodium urbicum L.
Upright Goosefoot, Għobbejra May-Nov Normal Profile 0
Dumort
Main Synonym :
Salicornia appressa Dumort. Salicornia ramosissima Woods
Twiggy Glasswort Almeridja, Jul-Oct Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Kali australis (L.) Akhani & Roalson
Saltwort, Ħaxixa tal-irmied xewwikija May-Aug Normal Profile 10
Botsch.
Main Synonym :
Darniella melitensis (Botsch.) Brullo Darniella melitensis (Botsch.) Brullo
Maltese Salt Tree Xebb, Sep-Nov Normal Profile 18
L.
Main Synonym :
Kali soda (L.) Scop.
Opposite-leaved Saltwort, Ħaxixa tal-irmied Jul-Oct Normal Profile 6
(L.) A.J.Scott
Main Synonym :
Salicornia europaea var. fruticosa L.
Shrubby Glasswort Almeridja arbuxxel tal-blat Sep-Nov Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Spinacia glabra Mill.
Spinach Spinaċi Jun-Aug Normal Profile 0
(L.) Dumort.
Main Synonym :
Chenopodium maritimum L.
Common Seablite Swejda tal-baħar Jun-Oct Normal Profile 8
Gmelin
Main Synonym :
Suaeda fruticosa subsp. vera (Gmel.) Maire & Weiller
Shrubby Seablite, Swejda Jun-Oct Normal Profile 8
AMARYLLIDACEAE Jaume St.-Hil ( Daffodil or Amaryllis Family ) Subfamalies: Agapanthoideae (= Agapanthaceae family); Allioideae (= Alliaceae family); Amaryllidoideae (Amaryllidaceae family senso strico) Family Description: Glabrous, bulbous, scapose (rarely more or less acaulescent), perennial herbs. Leaves all basal, linear to lorate or oblanceolate, often distichous. Flowers in an umbel (sometimes reduced to a single flower), subtended by a spathe of 1 or more usually scarious valves. Flowers hermaphrodite, regular or slightly zygomorphic. Perianth of 6 petaloid segments, arising from the apex of the ovary, or from a hypanthial tube. Corona sometimes present. Stamens 6. Ovary inferior, 3-locular; stigma capitate or shortly 3-lobed. Fruit a loculicidal or irregularly dehiscent capsule, sometimes with fleshy pericarp and transitional to a berry.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Maltese Name
Flowering Period
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L.
Main Synonym :
Porrum ampeloprasum (L.) Mill.
Broadleaf Wild Leek Tewm selvaġġ Apr-May Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Cepa vulgaris Garsault
Garden Onion, Basla Apr-Jun Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Saturnia chamaemoly (L.) Salisb.
Dwarf Garlic Tewm qerqni Dec-Jan Normal Profile 10
Guss.
Main Synonym :
Allium ampeloprasum var. commutatum (Guss.) Fior
Maritime Wild Leek, Kurrat tax-xatt Jun-Jul Normal Profile 13
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nothosp. nov.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Hybrid Sea Leek Kurrat tax-xatt bagħal Jun Normal Profile 17
Brullo, Lanfr. & Pavone
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Maltese Dwarf Garlic Tewm irqiq ta' Malta, Jun-Jul Normal Profile 8
Cirillo
Main Synonym :
Allium amblyopetalum Link
Naples Leek, Kurrat ta' Napli Mar-Apr Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Molium nigrum (L.) Haw.
Black Garlic, Ċuplajs Apr-May Normal Profile 5
(Redouté) K.Richt.
Main Synonym :
Allium longispathum Redouté Allium dentiferum Webb & Berthel.
Pale garlic Tewm Safrani May-Jun Normal Profile 9
Schult. & Schult. fil.
Main Synonym :
Allium ampeloprasum subsp. polyanthum (Schult. & Schult. f.) O.Bolòs & al. Allium commutatum Gussone
Many-flowered garlic Kurrat selvaġġ May-Jun Normal Profile 13
L.
Main Synonym :
Allium carneum Ten.
Rosy Garlic Tewm ħamrani Mar-Apr Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Porrum sativum (L.) Rchb.
Garlic, Tewm May-Jun Normal Profile 0
(Guss.) Arcang.
Main Synonym :
Alium arvense Guss.
White Round-headed Garlic Tewm ta' Għawdex May-Jul Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Porrum sphaerocephaluon (L.) Rchb.
Round-Headed Leek, Tewm kaħlani, Jun-Aug Normal Profile 10
L.
Main Synonym :
Allium hirsutum Lam.
Hairy Garlic Tewm muswaf, Mar-May Normal Profile 8
Salzm. ex Schult. & Schult. fil.
Main Synonym :
Allium vernale Tineo
Spring Garlic Tewm muswaf Rari Apr-May Normal Profile 0
Cirillo
Main Synonym :
Allium subhirsutum subsp. trifoliatum (Cirillo) Arcang.
Pink Garlic Tewm tal-linja vjola Mar-Apr Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Allium medium G. Don
Three-cornered Garlic Maltese name not known Mar-Apr Normal Profile 5
Herb.
Main Synonym :
Narcissus serotinus subsp. deficiens (Herb.) K.Richt.
Triparted-crown late Narcissus, Narċis imwaħħar, Sep-Nov Detailed Profile 29
Spach
Main Synonym :
Narcissus obsoletus Spach
Elegant Narcissus Narċis imwaħħar skars Oct-Nov Normal Profile 5
Ker Gawl.
Main Synonym :
Hermione papyracea Schult.f.
White Narcissus Narċis abjad Apr-May Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Hermione serotina Haw.
Late Narcissus, Narċis imwaħħar ta sitt qasmiet Sep-Nov Detailed Profile 3
(Ker Gawl.) Baker
Main Synonym :
Hermione chlorotica Jord. & Fourr.
Garden Narcissus Narċis pallidu Jan-Mar Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Hermione taxetta (L.) Haw.
French Daffodil, Narċis, Oct-Mar Detailed Profile 65
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Kunth
Main Synonym :
Nothoscordum inodorum sensu P.Fourn.
Fragrant False Garlic, Tewm tal-qsari, Apr-Nov Normal Profile 6
Pomel
Main Synonym :
Pancratium collinum Coss. & Durieu ex Coss.
Stinking Sea Daffodil Pankrazju tal-ħarifa Sep-Oct Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Hymenocallis maritima M.Roem.
Sea Daffodil, Pankrazju selvaġġ, Jul-Oct Detailed Profile 42
Harv.
Main Synonym :
Tulbaghia cepacea var. robustior Kunth
Society Garlic, Tewm vjola, Apr-Jul Normal Profile 4
ANACARDIACEAE Lindl. ( Pistachio Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, usually pinnate or digitate. Calyx usually 5-partite; petals 5, rarely absent, free or more or less connate; ovary superior, 1-locular, with one ovule; placentation basal or apical. Fruit a drupe.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Maltese Name
Flowering Period
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Desf.
Main Synonym :
Pistacia mutica Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
Mount Atlas Pistachio, Deru tal-Atlantiku, Feb-Mar Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Lentiscus vulgaris Fourr.
Lentisk, Deru, Feb-Nov Normal Profile 16
1
Burnat
Main Synonym :
P. lentiscus x terebinthus
Hybrid Mastic Tree Deru bagħal Feb-Apr Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Lentiscus terebinthus Kuntze
Terebinth Tree, Skornabekk, Mar-May Normal Profile 17
L.
Main Synonym :
Pistacia narbonnensis L.
Pistacio Tree Siġra tal-Pistacja Mar-Apr Normal Profile 3
L.
Main Synonym :
Toxicodendron coriaria (L.) Kuntze
Sumach Tree, Xumakk tal-konz Apr-Jun Normal Profile 11
L. fil.
Main Synonym :
Searsia lancea (L.f.) F.A.Barkley
African Sumach, Xumakk tal-Afrika Oct-Dec Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Schinus bituminosus Salisb.
Drooping False Pepper, Siġra tal-bżar tal-friegħi mdendlin May-Sep Normal Profile 7
Raddi
Main Synonym :
Schinus rhoifolia Mart.
Brazilian pepper, Siġra tal-bżar May-Sep Normal Profile 5
APIACEAE Lindl. ( Carrot Family ) Conservative synonym: Umbelliferea Subfamalies: Mackinlayoideae; Azorelloideae; Saniculoideae; Apioideae; Family Description: Herbs, rarely shrubs. Leaves alternate; lamina usually large and much-divided; petiole often inflated and sheathing at base. Stipules absent, except in Subfam. Hydrocotyloideae. Inflorescence usually a compound umbel. Flowers epigynous, small, hermaphrodite or unisexual, the plant rarely dioecious. Sepals usually small or absent; petals 5, usually more or less 3-lobed, the middle lobe inflexed; outer petals sometimes much larger than inner (radiate); stamens 5; carpels (1-)2, usually attached to a central axis (carpophore), from which the mericarps separate at maturity; styles (1-)2, often with a thickened base (stylopodium); ovule 1 in each loculus, pendent. Fruit dry; pericarp membranous or exocarp variously indurated; endocarp rarely woody (Subfam. Hydrocotyloideae). Mericarps usually joined by a narrow or wide commissure; each mericarp more or less compressed laterally or dorsally, with 5 longitudinal veins, usually with ridges over them, separated by valleculae or sometimes with 4 secondary ridges alternating with the primary; resin canals (vittae) usually present between the primary ridges and on the commissural face.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Maltese Name
Flowering Period
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L.
Main Synonym :
Ammi topalii Beauverd
Bullwort, Dakra Apr-Jun Normal Profile 10
(Brot.) Breistr.
Main Synonym :
Seseli pusillum Brot
Small Bullwort Dakra żgħira Mar-May Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Apium dulce Mill.
Wild Celery, Karfus Apr-Jul Normal Profile 17
(L.) Lag.
Main Synonym :
Helosciadium nodiflorum (L.) W. D. J. Koch
Fool's Water Cress, Karfus tal-ilma, Mar-May Normal Profile 10
M.Bieb.
Main Synonym :
Coriandrum radians (M.Bieb.) Prantl
Mediterranean Bifora, Kosbor selvaġġ, Mar-May Normal Profile 10
Hornem.
Main Synonym :
Bupleurum heterophyllum Link
Spear-leaved Hare's Ear, Widnet il-fenek Apr-May Normal Profile 12
L.
Main Synonym :
Bupleurum glaucum Robill. & Castagne ex DC.
Grey Hare's Ear Maltese name not known Apr-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Coriandrum maculatum Roth
Hemlock, Ċikuta Apr-Jun Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Selinum coriandrum E.H.L.Krause
Coriander, Kosbor Apr-May Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Cachrys maritima Spreng.
Rock Samphire, Bużbież il-baħar Jun-Sep Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Daucus foliosus Gussone
Wild Carrot, Zunnarija salvaġġa, Mar-May Normal Profile 18
(Hoffm.) Arcang.
Main Synonym :
Daucus sativus (Hoffm.) Röhl. ex Pass.
Carrot Zunnarija, Mar-May Normal Profile 1
L.
Main Synonym :
Daucus carota subsp. drepanensis (Arcang.) Heywood
Sea Carrot Zunnarija tal-baħar May-Jul Normal Profile 9
Tineo
Main Synonym :
Daucus carota var. lopadusanus (Tineo) Onno
Lampedusa Carrot Zunnarija ta' Lampedusa May-Jul Normal Profile 10
Ball
Main Synonym :
Caucalis pumila L. Pseudorlaya pumila Grande
Small Carrot, Zunnarija tar-ramel Apr-May Normal Profile 2
Guss.
Main Synonym :
Daucus carota subsp. rupestris (Guss.) Heywood
Cliff Carrot Zunnarija tal-blat May-Jul Normal Profile 13
L.
Main Synonym :
Selinum spinosum E.H.L.Krause
Prickly Parsnip, Bużbież xewwieki tar-ramel, Jun-Sep Normal Profile 13
L.
Main Synonym :
Eryngium marinum Garsault
Sea Holly, Xewk ir-ramel Jun-Oct Normal Profile 9
Brullo, C.Brullo, Cambria, Giusso, Salmeri & Bacch.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species Ferula communis L.
Maltese Giant Fennel Ferla ta' Malta Mar-May Normal Profile 24
(C.Presl) Bég.
Main Synonym :
Foeniculum piperitum (Ucria) Sweet
Bitter Fennel Bużbież salvaġġ May-Oct Normal Profile 6
Mill.
Main Synonym :
Foeniculum dulce Mill.
Fennel, Bużbież May-Oct Normal Profile 11
Lowe
Main Synonym :
Capnophyllum peregrinum Lange
Common name unknown Krubera Apr-May Normal Profile 0
DC.
Main Synonym :
Sium siculum L.
Kundmannia Kudmannja ta' Sqallija Apr-May Normal Profile 10
L.
Main Synonym :
Globocarpus oenanthoides Caruel
Round-headed Water Dropwort, Karfus il-wied Mar-May Normal Profile 13
(Mill.) Fuss
Main Synonym :
Petroselinum sativum Hoffm. Petroselinum sativum Hoffmannsegg
Wild Parsley Tursin Apr-Oct Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Anisum officinale DC.
Anise Anisi, Apr-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Anisum italicum Raf.
Southern Burnet Saxifrage Sensiela Apr-Jun Normal Profile 7
Moris
Main Synonym :
Meum segetum Guss.
False fennel, Bużbież il-qamħ, Apr-Jun Normal Profile 15
L.
Main Synonym :
Pecten veneris Lam.
Shepherd's needle, Maxxita, Mar-may Normal Profile 12
L.
Main Synonym :
Smyrnium vulgare Gray
Alexanders, Karfus il-ħmir Mar-May Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Condylocarpus apulus Hoffm.
Mediterranean Hartwort, Ħaxixet it-trieraħ, Mar-May Normal Profile 10
(Huds.) Link
Main Synonym :
Caucalis arvensis Huds.
Spreading Hedge Parsley Tursin selvaġġ Mar-May Normal Profile 0
(L.) Gaertn.
Main Synonym :
Caucalis nodiflora Lam.
Knotted Hedge Parsley Tursin xewwieki Apr-May Normal Profile 14
Gaertn.
Main Synonym :
Daucus visnaga L. Ammi visnaga (L.) Lam.
Toothpick-plant, Busnaga, Apr-Jun Normal Profile 0
APOCYNACEAE Juss. ( Dogbane Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Small trees, shrubs, or herbs, with poisonous latex. Leaves simple, exstipulate, with glands in or above the axils. Flowers solitary or in cymes, hermaphrodite, actinomorphic, 5-merous. Corolla with oblique lobes, contorted in bud. Stamens 5; anthers introrse, closely surrounding the stigma. Ovary superior; carpels 2, usually free, united by a single style above. Fruit of two fusiform follicles, usually opening by the ventral suture; rarely only one follicle developing.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Asclepias bicolor Moench
Scarlet Milkweed, It-tuffieħ tal-Fodsqa, May-Jul Normal Profile 0
(L.) G. Don
Main Synonym :
Vinca rosea L.
Madagascar Periwinkle, Pervinka roża Jun-Nov Normal Profile 11
(L.) W.T.Aiton
Main Synonym :
Asclepias fruticosa L.
Swan Plant Milkweed, Siġret it-tuffieħ tal-Fodsqa, May-Aug Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Oleander vulgaris Medik.
Oleander, Difla, Apr-Dec Normal Profile 11
Labill.
Main Synonym :
Periploca laevigata subsp. angustifolia (Labill.) Markgr.
African Wolfbane, Siġret il-ħarir, Nov-Apr Detailed Profile 45
(Pers.) K.Schum.
Main Synonym :
Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold
Yellow Oleander, Tevja Jun-Oct Normal Profile 4
L.
Main Synonym :
Pervinca major Garsault
Greater Periwinkle, Pervinka, Mar-Jun Normal Profile 9
ARACEAE Juss. ( Arum Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Perennial, usually glabrous herbs, with underground rhizomes or tubers. Leaves all basal, usually with distinct petiole, and often with more or less reticulate venation. Flowers small, often unisexual, arranged in a compact spike (spadix), subtended and usually partly enfolded by a large, petaloid or leaf-like bract (spathe), the axis of the spadix often prolonged beyond the flower-bearing zone as a fleshy, usually coloured appendix. In monoecious plants the female flowers are at or near the base of the spadix, the male flowers above them; vestigial, sterile flowers, usually in the form of filiform papillae, may also be present. Perianth of 4-6 free, sepaloid segments, or (more usually) absent. Stamens 1-6, rarely more. Ovary superior or nude, sometimes sunk in the axis of the spadix, 1- to 3-locular; stigma usually sessile or subsessile. Fruit a berry, sometimes rather dry.
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O.Targ.Tozz.
Main Synonym :
Arum arisarum L.
Friar's Cowl, Garni tal-Pipa Nov-Feb Detailed Profile 41
Mill.
Main Synonym :
Arum foetidum Salisb.
Italian Lords and Ladies, Garni Apr-May Normal Profile 10
Schott
Main Synonym :
Colocasia esculenta var. fontanesii (Schott) A.F.Hill
Elephants Ear, Għorgħar Apr-Jun Normal Profile 0
Schott
Main Synonym :
Arum dracunculus L.
Giant Lords-and-Ladies, Garni qoxret is-serp Apr-May Normal Profile 4
L.
Main Synonym :
Lemna cyclostasa Elliott ex Chev.
Common Duckweed, Lemna komuni Jan-Jun Normal Profile 7
Raf.
Main Synonym :
Lemna valdiviana Phil.
Least Duckweed Lemna iż-żgħira Feb-Jun Normal Profile 4
Liebm.
Main Synonym :
Philodendron pertusum Kunth & C.D.Bouché
Swiss Cheese Plant, Sieq l-iljun, Apr-Jul Normal Profile 6
(Kurz) Hegelm
Main Synonym :
Lemna oligorrhiza Kurz
Dotted Duckweed Lemna ta' ftit gheruq Feb-Jun Normal Profile 5
(L.) Horkel ex Wimm.
Main Synonym :
Lemna arrhiza L.
Rootless Duckweed Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 4
Spreng.
Main Synonym :
Calla aethiopica L.
Arum Lily, Buqar Mar-Jun Normal Profile 10
ARALIACEAE Juss. ( Aralia Family ) Subfamalies: Aralioideae; Hydrocotyloideae Family Description: Shrubs or woody climbers; leaves alternate. Flowers actinomorphic, small. Calyx small or rudimentary; petals 5, free; stamens 5; ovary inferior. Fruit a berry.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Hedera communis Gray
Ivy, Liedna Sep-Nov Normal Profile 16
R.Vig.
Main Synonym :
Schefflera eurhyncha R.Vig.
Schefflera Xefflera None Normal Profile 6
ARAUCARIACEAE Henkel & W. Hochstetter ( Araucaria Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Description text for this family is under progress and unavailable at the moment ...
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Hook.
Main Synonym :
Columbea bidwillii Carrière
Bunya Pine Awrikarja ta' Bidwill None Normal Profile 5
(Salisb.) Franco
Main Synonym :
Araucaria excelsa Carrière
Norfolk Island Pine Awrikarja kbira May-Aug Normal Profile 4
ARECACEAE Schultz Sch. ( Palm Family ) Conservative synonym: Palmae Subfamalies: Arecoideae; Calamoideae; Ceroxyloideae; Coryphoideae; Nypoideae Family Description: Shrubs or trees; stem usually unbranched. Leaves large, persistent, petiolate with a conspicuous sheath. Inflorescence a simple or branched spadix, enveloped by 1 or several spathes. Flowers hermaphrodite or unisexual, hypogynous. Perianth usually of 2 whorls of 3. Anthers dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary of 1-3 free or united carpels; ovules 1 in each carpel. Fruit a berry or drupe.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Phoenix humilis Cav.
Dwarf Fan Palm, Ġummara, Apr-Jun Normal Profile 9
Chabaud
Main Synonym :
Phoenix jubae Webb ex Christ
Canary Islands Date Palm Palma tal-kannizzati, Jun-Sep Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Palma dactylifera Mill.
Date Palm Palma tat-tamar May-Aug Normal Profile 6
(Linden ex André) H.Wendl.
Main Synonym :
Brahea filifera W.Watson
California Fan Palm, Palma tal-imrewħa Messikana Jun-Sep Normal Profile 1
H.Wendl.
Main Synonym :
Washingtonia gracilis Parish
Mexican Fan Palm, Palma tal-imrewħa Amerikana Jun-Sep Normal Profile 2
ARISTOLOCHIACEAE Juss. ( Sandalwood Family ) Subfamalies: Aristolochioideae; Asaroideae Family Description: Herbs or woody climbers. Leaves alternate, entire, exstipulate. Flowers solitary or in axillary clusters, hermaphrodite, actinomorphic or zygomorphic, usually 3-merous. Perianth in 1 whorl, more or less petaloid, forming a tube, 1- or 3-lobed at the apex; stamens 6 or 12 in 1 or 2 whorls, free or connate with the stylar column. Ovary inferior, 6-locular; placentation axillary; styles usually 6, free or connate to form a column with a 6-lobed stigma; ovules numerous. Fruit a capsule.
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Lojac.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Green-flowered Birthwort, Papra selvaġġa, Apr-May Normal Profile 10
ASPARAGACEAE Juss. ( Asparagus Family ) Conservative synonym: Liliaceae Subfamalies: Agavoideae (=Agavaceae family); Aphyllanthoideae (=Asparagaceae sensu stricto); Brodiaeoideae (=Themidaceae family); Lomandroideae (=Laxmanniaceae family); Nolinoideae (=Ruscaceae family); Scilloideae (=Hyacinthaceae family) Family Description: Description text for this family is under progress and unavailable at the moment ...
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L.
Main Synonym :
Agave milleri Haw.
American Agave, Sabbara tal-Amerika, Jul-Sep Normal Profile 18
Trel.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Agave, Sabbara tal-Amerika, Jun-Sep Normal Profile 4
Salm-Dyke
Main Synonym :
Agave glaucescens Hook.
Soft-leaved Agave, Maltese name not known Apr-Jun Normal Profile 15
Engelm.
Main Synonym :
Agave applanata var. parryi (Engelm.) Mulford
Parry's Agave Maltese name not known Apr-Jun Normal Profile 0
Perrine
Main Synonym :
Agave rigida var. sisalana (Perrine) Engelm.
Blue Agave, Sabbara ta' Sisal, Jun-Sep Normal Profile 8
Lam.
Main Synonym :
Protasparagus africanus (Lam.) Oberm.
African asparagus Spraġġ tal-Afrika Aug-Sep Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Asparagus aphyllus var. bovei Baker
Mediterranean Asparagus, Spraġġ xewwieki Oct-Dec Normal Profile 14
(L.) Druce
Main Synonym :
Asparagus medeoloides Thunb.
African Asparagus, Maltese name not known Apr-Jun Normal Profile 4
(Kunth) Jessop
Main Synonym :
Asparagus sprengeri Regel
Bushy Asparagus, Maltese name not known Apr-May Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Protasparagus falcatus (L.) Oberm.
Asparagus Fern, Maltese name not known Sep-Dec Normal Profile 2
L.
Main Synonym :
Asparagus sativus Mill.
Wild Asparagus, Spraġġ Apr-Jun Normal Profile 6
(Kunth) Jessop
Main Synonym :
Asparagus plumosus Baker
Plumose Asparagus, Maltese name not known May-Jul Normal Profile 0
Forrsk.
Main Synonym :
Asparagus horridus L.
Grey Asparagus Spraġġ griż Feb-Apr Detailed Profile 39
Baker
Main Synonym :
Protasparagus virgatus (Baker) Oberm.
Broom Asparagus Maltese name not known May-Aug Normal Profile 2
(L.) Sweet
Main Synonym :
Hyacinthus romanus L.
Roman Hyacinth Ġjacint selvaġġ Mar-May Normal Profile 6
(Thunb.) Jacques
Main Synonym :
Anthericum comosum Thumb.
Spider Plant, Rampila Jun-Sep Normal Profile 9
(Steinh.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
Main Synonym :
Uriginea maritima (Steinh.) Baker Urginea pancration (Steinheil) Phillippe
Sea Squill, Basal tal-għansar, Aug-Oct Detailed Profile 51
L.
Main Synonym :
Scilla coronaria Salisb.
Garden Hyacinth, Ġjacint Apr-May Normal Profile 0
Guss.
Main Synonym :
Hyacinthus commutatus (Guss.) Ten.
Dark Grape Hyacinth, Muskari skuri Mar-Apr Detailed Profile 35
(L.) Mill.
Main Synonym :
Leopoldia comosa (L.) Parl.
Tassel Grape Hyacinth Basal il-ħnieżer Mar-May Normal Profile 14
Guss. ex Ten.
Main Synonym :
Muscari compactum Baker
Southern Grape Hyacinth, Maltese name not known Mar-Apr Normal Profile 2
Desf.
Main Synonym :
Muscari autumnale Guss.
Autumn Grape Hyacinth, Ġjaċint tal-ħarifa Sep-Oct Detailed Profile 40
L.
Main Synonym :
Ornithogalum latifolium L.
Large Star of Bethlehem, Ħalib it-tajr kbir, Apr-May Normal Profile 6
Boreau
Main Synonym :
Ornithogalum umbellatum subsp. divergens (Boreau) Asch. & Graebn.
Lesser Star of Bethlehem Ħalib it-tajr skars Mar-Apr Detailed Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Ornithogalum lacteum Vill.
Southern Star of Bethlehem Ħalib it-tajr żgħir Apr-May Normal Profile 8
(L.) All.
Main Synonym :
Convallaria multiflora L.
Solomon's Seal, Maltese name not known Mar-Apr Normal Profile 0
(L.) Speta.
Main Synonym :
Scilla autumnalis L.
Autumn Squill, Għansar tal-ħarifa Sep-Oct Detailed Profile 45
L.
Main Synonym :
Ruscus flexuosus Mill.
Butcher's Broom, Niggiżet il-far, Apr-Jun Normal Profile 4
L.
Main Synonym :
Ruscus trifoliatus Mill.
Greater Butcher's Broom Belladonna, Jan-Apr Normal Profile 13
L.
Main Synonym :
Scilla clusii Parl.
Portuguese Squill Għansar tal-ġonna Mar-Apr Normal Profile 6
Tineo ex Guss.
Main Synonym :
Scilla peruviana var. sicula L.
Sicilian Squill Għansal ikħal Mar-Apr Normal Profile 18
L.
Main Synonym :
Yucca yucatana Engelm.
Spanish Bay, Yukka Jul-Sep Normal Profile 4
L.
Main Synonym :
Yucca superba Haw.
Spanish Dagger, Yukka Jul-Sep Normal Profile 4
ASPHODELACEAE Juss. ( Asphodel Family ) Recently placed in the Xanthorrhoeaceae family Conservative synonym: Liliaceae Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: The Asphodelaceae is a sub family of the Liliacea which have the characteristic of having very little roots and no bulbs. They grow from deep rhizomes or tubers. They regularly have branched and conspicuous inflorescenses. They are incredibly able to grow on very little soil and The anatomy is very similar to the Liliaceae , mostly perennial herbs comprising about 280 genera and 4,000 species.
The leaves are alternate or less often opposite or whorled. The flowers are often showy and are nearly always bisexual and actinomorphic. The perianth typically consists of two whorls of undifferentiated or weakly differentiated petaloid tepals with 3 distinct members in each whorl, or less frequently all of the segments are connate into a common perianth tube or perigynous or epigynous zone that sometimes has an adnate corona. The androecium usually consists of 6 fertile stamens attached to the receptacle or adnate to the perianth tube but rarely 3, 4, or up to 12 may be found. The gynoecium typically consists of a single compound pistil of 3 carpels, a single style commonly with 3 stigmas, and a superior or less often inferior ovary with 3 locules, each containing several to numerous axile ovules. Rarely there are 2 or 4 carpels and locules with axile placentation or only a single locule with intruded parietal placentation. The fruit is nearly always a capsule or berry.
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Mill.
Main Synonym :
Aloe mutabilis Pillans
Krantz Aloe Maltese name not known Dec-Feb Normal Profile 11
(Aiton) Haw.
Main Synonym :
Aloe saponaria (Aiton) Haw.
Soap Aloe, Maltese name not known Aug-Sep Normal Profile 14
(L.) Burm.f.
Main Synonym :
Aloe barbadensis Mill.
Yellow Aloe, Sabbara Apr-Sep Normal Profile 14
L
Main Synonym :
Asphodelus tenuifolius Cav.
Onion Weed, Berwieq Żgħir Jan-Apr Detailed Profile 29
L.
Main Synonym :
Asphodelus aestivus Brotero
Branched Asphodel, Berwieq Jan-Apr Detailed Profile 32
(J.Jacq.) Haw.
Main Synonym :
Gasteria linita Haw.
Gasteria Maltese name not known Sep-Dec Normal Profile 5
ASPLENIACEAE Newman ( Spleenwort Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Rhizome dictyostelic, with clathrate scales. Petiole with 2 vascular strands, often fusing to form a single -shaped strand. Sori superficial, borne along one or both sides of the fertile veins; spores bilateral.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Ceterech officinarum DC.
Rusty-back Fern, Felċi tal-ħitan tas-sejjieħ All year Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Trichomanes maritimum Bubani
Sea Spleenwort Fern Felċi tal-baħar All year Normal Profile 4
(DC.) Bange
Main Synonym :
Phyllitis sagittata (DC.in Lam. & DC.) Guinea & Heywood
Mule's Fern Felċi tal-bir All year Normal Profile 11
L.
Main Synonym :
Athyrium trichomanes (L.) Shafer
Maidenhair Spleenwort Fern, Felċi rqiqa All year Normal Profile 18
ASTERACEAE Bercht. & J.Presl ( Daisy or Sunflower Family ) Conservative synonym: Compositae Subfamalies: Asteroideae; Barnadesioideae; Carduoideae; Cichorioideae ; Corymbioideae ; Gochnatioideae; Gymnarrhenoideae; Hecastocleidoideae; Mutisioideae; Pertyoideae; Stifftioideae; Wunderlichioideae; Family Description: Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate, opposite or rosulate, exstipulate. Flowers small (florets), hermaphrodite, functionally male, female, or sterile, in terminal or axillary, usually pedunculate capitula, surrounded by an involucre of bracts. Capitula solitary or in corymbose, less frequently racemose, inflorescences. Calyx-limb (pappus) absent or represented by a corona, auricle, scales, setae or simple or plumose hairs. Corolla of 3 main types: (a) tubular, with (3-)4- to 5-lobed limb, actinomorphic or rarely weakly zygomorphic; (b) tubular, with a 2-lipped limb; (c) ligulate, with a short tube and the limb prolonged on one side into a usually 3- or 5-toothed ligule; female florets sometimes without a corolla or with a filiform corolla. Stamens 5, epipetalous; anthers usually connate into a tube round the style, often caudate or sagittate at base and with apical appendages. Ovary inferior, 1-locular; ovule solitary, basal, anatropous; style solitary, with 2 stigmatic branches. Fruit a cypsela (achene).
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(Becker ex Rchb. fil.) Heimerl
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Mountain Yarrow Maltese name not known May-Jul Normal Profile 0
All.
Main Synonym :
Achillea sylvatica Ten.
Ligurian Yarrow Maltese name not known May-Jul Normal Profile 0
(L.) Ehrend. & Y. P. Guo
Main Synonym :
Filago maritima L. Otanthus maritimus (L.) Hoffmanns. & Link
Cottonweed, Santolina tar-ramel, Jun-Sep Normal Profile 1
(L.) Cass.
Main Synonym :
Leontodon bulbosus L.
Bulbous Hawksbeard Qanċlita perenni Mar-Apr Normal Profile 13
L.
Main Synonym :
Ambrosia elatior L. Ambrosia maritima L.
Sea Ragweed Ambrosja Sep-Nov Normal Profile 6
(Desf.) Pers.
Main Synonym :
Anacyclus tomentosus DC.
White Anacyclus Anaċiklus May-Jul Normal Profile 5
Loisel.
Main Synonym :
Anacyclus valentinus var. bicolor Pers.
Yellow Anacyclus Maltese name not known Apr-Jul Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Andryala sinuata L.
Common Andryala Maltese name not known May-Jul Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Chamaemelum arvense (L.) Schreb.
Corn Chamomille Bebuna tar-raba Mar-May Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Maruta cotula DC.
Stinking Chamomille Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
Sommier & Caruana
Main Synonym :
Anthemis secundiramea subsp. urvilleana (DC.) R.Fernandes
Maltese Sea Chamomille, Bebuna tal-baħar Mar-May Normal Profile 16
(L.) Sch.Bip.
Main Synonym :
Chrysanthemum frutescens L.
Marguerite Daisy, Maltese name not known May-Aug Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Absinthium officinale Brot.
Wormwood, Assenzju Jun-Sep Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Absinthium arborescens Moench
Silver Wormwood Maltese name not known Jun-Sep Normal Profile 9
(L.) Less.
Main Synonym :
Nauplius aquaticus Cass.
Golden Star, Għajn il-baqra tax-xatt Apr-Jun Normal Profile 12
L.
Main Synonym :
Carthamus cancellatus Lam.
Cage Thistle Xewk tal-gaġġa Apr-May Normal Profile 3
L.
Main Synonym :
Bellis vandasii Velen.
Annual Daisy Bebuna Nov-Mar Detailed Profile 42
Cirillo
Main Synonym :
Bellis hirta Host
Southern Daisy, Margerita salvaġġa Nov-Feb Detailed Profile 41
L.
Main Synonym :
Calendula sancta L.
Field Marigold Suffejra tar-raba Nov-Apr Normal Profile 7
Raf.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Star Marigold Suffejra ta' giex kuluri Jan-May Normal Profile 9
Guss.
Main Synonym :
Calendula suffruticosa subsp. maritima (Guss.) Meikle
Sea Marigold Suffejra tal-baħar May-Jun Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Calendula eriocarpa DC.
Pot Marigold, Suffejra tal-ġonna Jan-Apr Normal Profile 12
Cav.
Main Synonym :
Calendula cornuta Poir. Calendula sicula Gussone
Sicilian Marigold Suffejra ta' Sqallija Jan-Apr Normal Profile 5
(Raf.) Guadagno
Main Synonym :
Calendula fulgida Raf.
Woody Marigold, Suffejra Jan-Apr Normal Profile 9
(Boiss. & Heldr.) P. H. Davis
Main Synonym :
Carduus arabicus Jacq. ex Murray Carduus australis subsp. marmoratus (Boissier & Heldreich) Kazmi
Arabian Thistle Ħorfox Mar-Jun Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Carduus acanthoides Huds.
Plymouth Thistle, Xewk tal-fjura żgħira Mar-Jun Normal Profile 9
Curtis
Main Synonym :
Carduus pycnocephalus var. tenuiflorus Carduus tenuiflorus
Winged Plumeless Thistle, Xewk tal-fjura żgħira Mar-Jun Normal Profile 10
Poir.
Main Synonym :
Carlina corymbosa subsp. Involucrata (Poir.) Holmboe
African Carline Thistle Sajtun May-Jun Normal Profile 15
L.
Main Synonym :
Mitina lanata Cass.
Wooly Carline Thistle Sebqet 'l oOmmha May-Jul Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Carthamus tingitanus L. Carduncellus caeruleus (L.) C.Presl
Blue Thistle Xewk ikhal May-Jun Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Carthamus lanatus var. algeriensis Batt.
Woolly Carthamus, Xewk ta' Kristu, May-Jul Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Centaurea carthamus E.H.L.Krause
Orange Carthamus Għosfor May-Jun Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Piptocephalum luteum Sch.Bip.
Yellow Catananche Katananċe Mar-May Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Serratula acaulis DC.
Stemless Star-Thistle, Ċentawrija tan-nuffara Apr-Jun Normal Profile 12
L.
Main Synonym :
Centaurea calcitrapoides L.
Red Star-Thistle, Maltese name not known Apr-Jun Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Cyanus segetum Hill
Cornflower, Maltese name not known Apr-May Normal Profile 0
Aiton
Main Synonym :
Centaurea diluta var. micracantha Maire
North African Knapweed, Xewk tal-Afrika ta' fuq Apr-Jun Normal Profile 8
Boiss.
Main Synonym :
Centaurea pallescens subsp. hyalolepis (Boiss.) Holmboe
Yellow Star-Thistle Maltese name not known May-Jun Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Jacea pratensis Lam.
Brownray Knapweed, Maltese name not known Apr-Jul Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Centaurea apula Lam.
Maltese Star-Thistle Xewk ta' Malta Apr-May Normal Profile 5
All.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Mediterranean Star-Thistle, Xewk tal-għotba Apr-Jun Normal Profile 17
L.
Main Synonym :
Centaurea ragusina subsp. lungensis (Ginzb.) Hayek
Croatian Centaury, Maltese name not known Jun-Aug Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Calcitrapa solstitialis Lam.
Yellow Star-Thistle Maltese name not known Jun-Aug Normal Profile 0
Cass.
Main Synonym :
Carlina gummifera Less. Atractylis gummifera L.
Stemless Atractylis, Xewk tal-mixta Sep-Nov Normal Profile 16
(Bertol.) Susanna
Main Synonym :
Palaeocyanus crassifolius (Bertol.) Dostál
Maltese Rock-Centaury, Widnet il-baħar May-Jul Normal Profile 17
Brullo
Main Synonym :
Jasonia bocconei (Brullo) M.Pardo & R.Morales
Maltese Fleabane, Tulliera ta' Malta, Aug-Nov Detailed Profile 44
L.
Main Synonym :
Chondrilla hispida Desf.
Rush-leaved sow thistle, Tfief tar-ramel May-Jun Normal Profile 5
Hance
Main Synonym :
Chrysanthemum zawadskii subsp. coreanum (Nakai) Y.N.Lee
Korean Chrysanthemun Maltese name not known Jan-Apr Normal Profile 3
L.
Main Synonym :
Cichorium crispum Mill.
Endive Indivja Apr-Jul Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Cichorium sylvestre Lam.
Chicory Ċikwejra Apr-Jun Normal Profile 11
L.
Main Synonym :
Acanthophyton spinosum Less.
Spiny Chicory Qanfuda May-Jul Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Crepis hirta Pers.
Italian Hawksbeard Maltese name not known May-Aug Normal Profile 11
L.
Main Synonym :
Crepis cernua Ten. ex Spreng.
Hawksbeard Maltese name not known May-Jul Normal Profile 5
(Sommier) Merxm.
Main Synonym :
Melitella pusilla Sommier
Maltese Hawksbeard, Melitella Mar-Apr Normal Profile 10
(Biv.) Babc.
Main Synonym :
Crepis hyemalis Biv.
Beaked Hawksbeard Krepis Sqalli May-Oct Normal Profile 0
(Moris) Vis.
Main Synonym :
Centaurea crupinastrum Moris
Southern Crupina Maltese name not known Apr-Jun Normal Profile 10
L.
Main Synonym :
Cynara corsica Viv.
Wild Artichoke, Qaqoċċ tax-xewk, Apr-Jun Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Cynara cardunculus subsp. scolymus L.
Globe Artichoke Qaqoċċ Apr-Jun Normal Profile 11
2
L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Globe Artichoke (hybrid) Qaqoċċ bagħal Apr-Jun Normal Profile 8
E.Phillips
Main Synonym :
Osteospermum jucundum (E.Phillips) Norl.
African Daisy, Maltese name not known Feb-May Normal Profile 7
(L.) Greuter
Main Synonym :
Cupularia graveolens Godr. & Gren.
Lesser Samphire, Żagħżigħa safra Sep-Oct Normal Profile 7
(L.) Greuter
Main Synonym :
Dittrichia viscosa subsp. maritima (Brullo & De Marco) Greuter
False Yellowhead, Tulliera komuni Sep-Nov Detailed Profile 41
Strobl
Main Synonym :
Echinops ritros subsp. sicula (Strobl) Greuter
Sicilian Globe Thistle Maltese name not known May-Jun Normal Profile 0
(L.) L.
Main Synonym :
Verbesina prostrata L.
False Daisy Eklipta Jun-Sep Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Leptilon bonariense Small Conyza bonariensis (L.) Cronquist
Flax-Leaved Fleabane, Żagħżigħa selvaġġa Apr-Nov Detailed Profile 40
L.
Main Synonym :
Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronquist
Canadian Horseweed, Żagħżigħa Kanadiża Sep-Dec Normal Profile 6
Retz.
Main Synonym :
Conyza albida Willd. ex Spreng.
Guernsey fleabane, Żagħżigħa ċara All Year Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Eupatorium soleirolii Loisel.
Hemp-Agrimony Maltese name not known Apr-Oct Normal Profile 0
(Brullo) Greuter
Main Synonym :
Oglifa lojaconoi Brullo Filago cossyrensis Ten. ex Lojac.
Maltese Cudweed Kabuccinella ta' Malta Apr-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Filago acaulis L. Evax pygmaea Brot.
Pygmy Cudweed, Evaks Apr-May Normal Profile 13
L.
Main Synonym :
Filago gussonei Lojac.
Broad-leaved Cudweed Maltese name not known Apr-May Normal Profile 7
Moench
Main Synonym :
Lupsia galactites Kuntze
Mediterranean Thistle, Xewk abjad Mar-Jun Normal Profile 8
Sch.Bip.
Main Synonym :
Tragopogon hybridus R.Lesson
Hairless Goatsbeard, Leħjet il-bodbod Apr-May Normal Profile 8
(L.) Cass. Ex Spach.
Main Synonym :
Chrysanthemum coronarium L.
Crown Daisy, Lellux Jan-May Detailed Profile 32
Fourr.
Main Synonym :
Chrysanthemum segetum L.
Corn Daisy, Lellux tar-raba, Feb-May Normal Profile 18
(L.) Dum.Cours.
Main Synonym :
Hedypnois rhagadioloides subsp. cretica (L.) Hayek
Variable Hyoseris Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 6
(L.) F.W. Schmidt
Main Synonym :
Hedypnois mauritanica Willd.
Variable Hyoseris Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Helianthus lenticularis Douglas ex Lindl.
Sunflower, Warda tax-xemx Jul-Oct Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Helianthus serotinus Tausch
Jerusalem Artichoke Artiċokk Jul-Oct Normal Profile 10
(Pignatti) Brullo, Lanfr., Pavone & Ronsisv.
Main Synonym :
Helichrysum rupestre var. melitense Pignatti
Maltese Helichrysium, Sempreviva ta' Għawdex Apr-Jul Normal Profile 27
(L.) Holub
Main Synonym :
Helminthia echioides (L.) Gaertn. Picris echiodes L.
Bristly Oxtongue Ilsien il-baqra xewwikija Mar-Aug Normal Profile 6
Brullo & Pavone
Main Synonym :
Hyoseris lucida subsp. frutescens (Brullo & Pavone) Peruzzi & Vangelisti
Maltese Hyoseris, Żigland ta' Għawdex Feb-Jul Normal Profile 19
L.
Main Synonym :
Rhagadiolus stellatus DC.
Perennial Hyoseris Żigland tal-pizzi Mar-May Normal Profile 4
L.
Main Synonym :
Hyoseris aspera Desf.
Annual Hyoseris Żigland Mar-May Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Hedypnois aetnensis
Mediterranean Catsear Żigland żgħir Apr-May Normal Profile 21
N.G.Passal., Peruzzi & Pellegrino
Main Synonym :
Senecio bicolor subsp. cineraria (DC.) Chate
Sicilian Silver Ragwort Kromb il-baħar isfar May-Jul Normal Profile 12
L.
Main Synonym :
Lactuca virgata Tausch
Least Lettuce, Ħass salvaġġ tal-werqa dejqa Jun-Oct Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Lactuca capitata DC.
Lettuce, Ħass May-Aug Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Lactuca scariola L.
Prickly Lettuce, Ħass salvaġġ tal-pizzi May-Aug Detailed Profile 37
L.
Main Synonym :
Thrincia tuberosa DC.
Tuberous Hawkbit Żigland tal-għerq Sep-Mar Normal Profile 11
Lam.
Main Synonym :
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum Pers.
Oxe-eye Daisy Maltese name not known Jun-Aug Normal Profile 0
(L.) Dumort.
Main Synonym :
Inula crithmoides L.
Golden Samphire Xorbett, Jul-Oct Detailed Profile 50
(Loefl.) Boiss.
Main Synonym :
Chamomilla aurea (L.) Sch. Bip.
Golden Mayweed, Kamumilla nana Mar-May Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Matricaria recutita L.
Scented Mayweed, Kamumilla Mar-May Normal Profile 9
(L.) Cassini
Main Synonym :
Cirsium syriacum Gaertn.
Horse Thistle, Xewk tax-xitan Mar-May Normal Profile 8
Willd.
Main Synonym :
Onopordum argolicum Boiss.
Argolian Cotton Thistle Xewk ta' Għawdex May-Jun Normal Profile 7
(L.) Cass.
Main Synonym :
Asteriscus spinosus (L.) Schultz-Bip.
Spiny Golden Star, Għajn il-baqra xewwikija Apr-Jun Normal Profile 9
Batt.
Main Synonym :
Phagnalon graecum Boiss. & Heldr. Phagnalon graecum subsp. ginzbergeri Pignatti
Eastern Phagnalon Lixka komuni Mar-May Normal Profile 8
(L.) DC.
Main Synonym :
Phagnalon spathulatum H.Lindb.
Rock Phagnalon Lixka tal-blat Mar-May Normal Profile 12
(Bertol. ex Guss.) Arcang.
Main Synonym :
Picris kelleriana Arv.-Touv.
Hawkweed Oxtongue Maltese name not known May-Jun Normal Profile 0
(L.) DC.
Main Synonym :
Scorzonera laciniata Vahl ex DC. Scorzonera laciniata L.
Divided-leaved Viper's Grass Maltese name not known Mar-Apr Normal Profile 9
Gaertn.
Main Synonym :
Inula dysenterica Georgi
Common Fleabane Maltese name not known Jun-Jul Normal Profile 6
(L.) Rchb.
Main Synonym :
Inula odora Forssk.
Mediterranean Fleabane Maltese name not known Jun-Jul Normal Profile 0
(Sch.Bip.) Samp.
Main Synonym :
Picridium intermedium Sch.Bip.
Mediterranean Reichardia Maltese name not known Nov-Jul Normal Profile 6
(L.) Roth
Main Synonym :
Picridium vulgare Desf.
Common Reichardia, Kanċlita, Nov-Jul Normal Profile 15
(L.) Gaertn.
Main Synonym :
Rhagadiolus edulis Rhagadiolus edulis
Star Hyoseris, Tfief tal-istilla, Mar-May Normal Profile 2
L.
Main Synonym :
Santonlina incana Lam.
Lavender Cotton, Maltese name not known May-Sep Normal Profile 6
Desf.
Main Synonym :
Scolymus hispanicus subsp. grandiflorus (Desf.) P.Fourn.
Large-flowered Golden Thistle Xewk isfar kbir May-Jul Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Scolymus aggregatus Ruch.
Common Golden Thistle, Xewk isfar Apr-Aug Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Scolymus paniculatus Ucria
Spotted Golden Thistle, Xewk isfar tar-riga bajda Apr-Jul Normal Profile 13
L. fil.
Main Synonym :
Senecio macropodus DC.
Creeping Groundsel, Liedna s-safra, May-Aug Normal Profile 12
Poir.
Main Synonym :
Senecio incrassatus Guss.
Coastal Ragwort Kromb Tax-Xatt Dec-Apr Detailed Profile 34
DC.
Main Synonym :
Senecio leucanthemifolius var. pygmaeus
Pygmy Ragwort, Kubrita nana Feb-May Normal Profile 15
L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Common Groundsel, Kubrita, Nov-May Detailed Profile 30
(L.) Gaertn.
Main Synonym :
Silybum eburneum Coss. & Durieu
Milk Thistle, Xewk tal-Madonna, Apr-Jul Normal Profile 14
(L.) Hill
Main Synonym :
Sonchus oleraceus var. asper L.
Prickly Sow Thistle, Tfief ċar Mar-Jul Normal Profile 19
L.
Main Synonym :
Sonchus angustissimus Hook.f.
Smooth Sow Thistle, Tfiefa komuni Oct-Jul Detailed Profile 47
L.
Main Synonym :
Sonchus tenerrimus var. perennis DC.
Mediterranean Sow Thistle, Tfief fin Oct-Jul Normal Profile 6
(Spreng.) G.L.Nesom
Main Synonym :
Symphyotrichum subulatum var. squamatum (Spreng.) S.D.Sundb. Aster squamatus Hieron.
Narrow-leaved Aster, Settembrina salvaġġa Sep-Nov Detailed Profile 52
(Brig. ex Guss.) N.Terracc.
Main Synonym :
Taraxacum briganti
Early Dandelion, Ċikwejra selvaġġa Oct-Apr Normal Profile 0
(L.) Scop. ex F.W.Schmidt
Main Synonym :
Tragopogon picroides L.
Prickly Golden Fleece, Tfief xewwieki Jan-Jun Normal Profile 17
L.
Main Synonym :
Acanthoxanthium spinosum Fourr.
Spiny Cocklebur Maltese name not known Jun-Aug Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Xanthium chinense Mill.
Rough Cocklebur, Maltese name not known Jul-Oct Detailed Profile 42
BASELLACEAE Moq.-Tand. ( Basella Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Glabrous, perennial, twining herbs, usually fleshy. Leaves alternate, usually ovate with a more or less cordate base, entire. Flowers in spikes, racemes or racemose panicles, hermaphrodite. Sepals 2; petals 5; stamens 5, opposite petals. Ovary unilocular, with 3 styles and a single basal ovule. Fruit indehiscent, fleshy, surrounded by persistent sepals and petals.
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Common Name
Maltese Name
Flowering Period
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(Ten.) Steenis
Main Synonym :
Boussingaultia cordifolia Ten.
Madeira Vine Fatata, May-Oct Normal Profile 15
BIGNONIACEAE Juss. ( 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
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(L.) L.G.Lohmann
Main Synonym :
Bignonia unguis L. Macfadyena unguis-cati (L.) A.H.Gentry
Cat-claw ivy, Dwiefer il-qattus, Apr-Jun Normal Profile 9
D.Don
Main Synonym :
Jacaranda acutifolia Bonpl.
Blue Jacaranda Maltese name not known Mar-May, Oct-Nov Normal Profile 6
(Thunb.) Lindl.
Main Synonym :
Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach
Cape Honeysuckle Maltese name not known Jun-Sep Normal Profile 0
1
Hort.
Main Synonym :
Stenolobium alatum (DC.) Sprague in Dyer
Orange Trumpet Flower, Maltese name not known Jun-Sep Normal Profile 0
(L.) Kunth
Main Synonym :
Stenolobium stans Seem.
Yellow Trumpet Flower, Maltese name not known Jun-Sep Normal Profile 4
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).
Botanical Name
Common Name
Maltese Name
Flowering Period
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Retzi.
Main Synonym :
Anchusa azurea Mill.
Italian Bugloss, Lsien il-Fart ikħal Apr-Jun Detailed Profile 30
L.
Main Synonym :
Borago hortensis L.
Common Borage, Fidloqqom Dec-May Detailed Profile 59
(L.) I.M.Johnst.
Main Synonym :
Lithospermum arvense L. Lithospermum arvense L.
Field Gromwell, Maltese name not known Feb-Apr Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Cerinthe acuta Moench
Honeywort, Qniepen Feb-Apr Detailed Profile 40
Mill.
Main Synonym :
Cynoglossum amplexicaule Lam.
Blue Hound's Tongue Ilsien il-kelb Feb-Apr Normal Profile 10
Guss.
Main Synonym :
Echium diffusum Guss.
Coastal Viper's Bugloss Lsien il-fart tar-ramel, Feb-Jun Normal Profile 9
L. fil.
Main Synonym :
Echium fastuasum Aiton
Pride of Madeira Maltese name not known Apr-Jul Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Echium pyrenaicum L.
Pale Bugloss, Ilsien il-fart abjad, Apr-May Normal Profile 9
Moench
Main Synonym :
Echium calycinum Viv.
Small-flowered Viper's Bugloss Lsien il-fart żgħir Jan-Apr Normal Profile 11
L.
Main Synonym :
Echium lycopsis L.
Purple Viper's Bugloss, Lsien il-fart vjola Mar-May Normal Profile 5
Pomel
Main Synonym :
Echium sabulicola var. gussonei Klotz
Sand Viper's Bugloss Lsien il-fart tax-xatt Apr-May Normal Profile 18
L.
Main Synonym :
Heliotropium glaucum Salisb.
Salt Heliotrope, Vanilja bajda tal-baħar May-Jul Normal Profile 4
L.
Main Synonym :
Heliotropium majus Garsault
Common Heliotrope, Vanilja bajda Jun-Sep Detailed Profile 35
Rochel
Main Synonym :
Myosotis collina Hoffm.
Early Forget-me-not Widnet il-ġurdien Mar-May Normal Profile 0
(L.) I.M.Johnst.
Main Synonym :
Lithospermum apulum (L.) Vahl
Yellow Gromwell Maltese name not known Mar-Apr Normal Profile 1
(Ruiz & Pav.) Kunth
Main Synonym :
Hydrolea urens Ruiz & Pav. Wigandia caracasana Kunth
Wigandia Maltese name not known May-Sep Normal Profile 11
BRASSICACEAE Juss. ( Mustard or Cress Family ) Conservative synonym: Cruciferae Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Annual to perennial herbs, rarely small shrubs. Leaves alternate, exstipulate. Flowers usually hermaphrodite, actinomorphic, hypogynous. Sepals 4, free, in 2 decussate pairs. Petals 4, rarely absent, free, clawed, imbricate or contorted, alternating with the sepals. Stamens usually 6, rarely 4, 2 or 0, tetradynamous (an outer pair with short filaments, and 2 inner pairs, 1 posterior and 1 anterior, with long filaments); filaments sometimes winged or with a tooth-like appendage. Nectarial glands of various sizes, shapes, colours and dispositions around the base of the stamens and ovary. Ovary of 2 carpels, syncarpous, with 2 parietal placentas, usually bilocular through the formation of a membranous false septum by the union of outgrowths of the placentas, sometimes transversely plurilocular. Stigma capitate to bilobed. Fruit usually a dehiscent capsule opening by 2 valves from below, called a siliqua when at least 3 times as long as wide or a silicula if less than 3 times as long as wide; sometimes indehiscent, breaking into 1-seeded portions or not; rarely transversely articulate with dehiscent and indehiscent segments; sometimes dividing at maturity into 1-seeded portions (lomentum).
Botanical Name
Common Name
Maltese Name
Flowering Period
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L.
Main Synonym :
Biscutella eriocarpa DC.
Buckler Mustard, Xeħt il-forom Feb-Apr Normal Profile 20
L.
Main Synonym :
Rapa napus Mill.
Rapeseed, Nevew Feb-Apr Normal Profile 0
W.D.J.Koch
Main Synonym :
Brassica bracteolata Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
Black Mustard Mustarda sewda Mar-Apr Normal Profile 13
L.
Main Synonym :
Brassica sylvestris Mill.
Wild Cabbage, Kaboċċa selvaġġa, Mar-May Normal Profile 0
(L.) Lam. & Janchen
Main Synonym :
Brassica campestris L.
Wild Turnip, Liftija Nov-Apr Detailed Profile 28
Scop.
Main Synonym :
Bunias cakile L.
Sea Rocket, Kromb il-baħar Dec-Aug Normal Profile 13
Medik.
Main Synonym :
Capsella apetala Opiz
Shepherd's Purse Ġarġir il-ġemel Dec-Jun Normal Profile 10
Reut.
Main Synonym :
Capsella bursa-pastoris var. rubella (Reut.) Hobk.
Red Shepherd's Purse, Ġarġir il-ġemel ħamra Dec-Jun Normal Profile 8
With.
Main Synonym :
Cardamine hirsuta subsp. flexuosa O.E.Schulz
Wavy Bittercress, Maltese name not known Feb-Jun Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Cardamine umbrosa Wimm. & Grab.
Hairy Bittercress, Maltese name not known Feb-Jun Normal Profile 11
(Gouan) Alcaraz, T.E.Díaz, Rivas Mart. & Sánchez-Gómez
Main Synonym :
Erucastrum tournefortii Link Brassica tournefortii Gouan
Tournefort's Cabbage, Kaboċċa ta' Twurneforti Mar-Apr Normal Profile 3
(L.) Dumortier
Main Synonym :
Conringia austriaca (Jacq.) Sweet
Hare's Ear Mustard, Maltese name not known Jun-Sep Normal Profile 0
(L.) Webb ex Prantl
Main Synonym :
Sisymbrium sophia L.
Flixweed, Maltese name not known May-Jul Normal Profile 0
(L.) DC.
Main Synonym :
Sinapis erucoides L.
White Wall Rocket, Ġarġir abjad Oct-May Detailed Profile 49
(L.) DC.
Main Synonym :
Diplotaxis fruticulosa Tod. ex Caruel
Perennial Wall Rocket, Ġarġir isfar Oct-Jun Detailed Profile 36
(L.) DC.
Main Synonym :
Diplotaxis prolongoi Boiss.
Southern Rocket Aruka selvaġġa Jan-Apr Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Erophila vulgaris DC. Erophila verna (L.) DC.
Common Whitlow Grass Maltese name not known Feb-Apr Normal Profile 0
(Pers.) DC.
Main Synonym :
Raphanus pterocarpus Pers.
Winged Radish Ravanell tal-Eġittu Mar-Apr Normal Profile 3
(L.) Cav.
Main Synonym :
Eruca sativa (L.) Mill.
Salad Mustard, Aruka, Apr-May Normal Profile 7
(L.) Crantz
Main Synonym :
Cheiranthus cheiri L.
Wallflower, Ġiżi safra Mar-Apr Normal Profile 0
(L.) Lagr.-Foss.
Main Synonym :
Brassica adpressa Boiss.
Hoary Mustard, Mustarda selvaġġa Feb-May Detailed Profile 27
(Jord.) Giardina & Raimondo
Main Synonym :
Hutchinsia procumbens forma sommieri Pamp. Hymenolobus revelierei subsp. sommieri (Pamp.) Brullo
Maltese Hymenolobus Ġargir ta' Kemmuna Feb-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Cochlearia humifusa Michx. Coronopus didymus (L.) Sm.
Lesser Swine Cress Koronopu tal-wied Mar-May Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Lepidium arvense Mill. Cardaria draba Desv.
Whitetop Plant, Maltese name not known Apr-May Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Lepidium suffruticosum L.
Grass-leaved Pepperwort, Buttuniera wieqfa May-Oct Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Nasturtium sativum Moench
Garden Cress, Maltese name not known May-Jul Normal Profile 4
(L.) Al-Shehbaz
Main Synonym :
Cochlearia coronopus L. Coronopus squamatus (Forrskål) Ascherson
Swine Cress, Koronopu Feb-Jun Normal Profile 12
(L.) Desv.
Main Synonym :
Alyssum maritimum (L.) Lam.
Sweet Alyssum, Buttuniera Oct-Jun Detailed Profile 40
(L.) W.T.Aiton
Main Synonym :
Matthiola glabra DC.
Hoary Stocks, Giżi Feb-May Normal Profile 12
Brullo, Lanfr., Pavone & Ronsisv.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Maltese Stocks Giżi ta' Malta Mar-May Normal Profile 25
DC.
Main Synonym :
Cheiranthus longipetalus Vent.
Night-scented Stock, Giżi ta' lejl Apr-May Normal Profile 7
DC.
Main Synonym :
Matthiola glandulosa Pomel
Spanish stocks Giżi ta' Spanja Apr-May Normal Profile 0
(L.) W.T.Aiton
Main Synonym :
Cheiranthus tricuspidatus L.
Three-horned Stocks Ġiżi tal-baħar Mar-Jun Normal Profile 10
R. Br.
Main Synonym :
Nasturtium aquaticum Wahlenb.
Watercress Krexxuni, Feb-May Normal Profile 10
(Velen.) Bornm.
Main Synonym :
Neslia apiculata Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.
Ball mustard Maltese name not known Feb-Apr Normal Profile 7
(L.) Al-Shehbaz
Main Synonym :
Thlaspi perfoliatum L.
Perfoliate Penny Cress Maltese name not known Jan-Jun Normal Profile 0
(Moretti ex DC.) Bonnier & Layens
Main Synonym :
Raphanistrum landra Rchb.
Italian Wild Radish Maltese name not known Apr-Sep Normal Profile 8
(Sm.) Thell.
Main Synonym :
Raphanus maritimus Sm.
Maritime Wild radish Ravanell salvaġġ tal-baħar Apr-Sep Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Raphanus sylvestris Lam.
Wild Radish, Ravanell salvaġġ Dec-May Detailed Profile 59
L.
Main Synonym :
Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus (L.) Domin
Garden Radish, Ravanell May-Aug Normal Profile 0
(L.) All.
Main Synonym :
Myagrum rugosum L.
Annual Bastard Cabbage, Mustarda taż-żibeġ Feb-Apr Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Brassica alba (L.) Rabenh.
White Mustard, Mustarda, Dec-Apr Detailed Profile 48
L.
Main Synonym :
Brassica arvensis (L.) Rabenh.
Charlock, Mustarda selvaġġa Jan-May Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Sisymbrium pannonicum Jacq.
Tumble Mustard, Maltese name not known Apr-Jul Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Sisymbrium erysimastrum Lam.
London Rocket Libsiena komuni Feb-Jun Normal Profile 10
(L.) Scop.
Main Synonym :
Erysimum officinale L.
Hedge Mustard, Mustarda rqiqa, Mar-Jun Detailed Profile 31
L.
Main Synonym :
Sisymbrium columnae Jacq.
Oriental Hedge Mustard, Maltese name not known Mar-Jun Normal Profile 0
CACTACEAE Juss. ( Cactus Family ) Subfamalies: Cactoideae; Maihuenioideae; Opuntioideae; Pereskioideae Family Description: Perennial, succulent plants; stems columnar, cylindrical or flattened, often jointed (the individual segments being referred to as joints). Leaves absent or small, subulate, caducous. Branches, spines, flowers and sometimes barbed bristles (glochids) developed from more or less circular, cushion-like structures (areoles) situated in leaf-axils when leaves are present. Flowers hermaphrodite, solitary, sessile. Perianth with tube; sepals numerous and intergrading with petals, all imbricate in several rows. Stamens numerous; filaments inserted on perianth-throat. Style 1; stigmas 2 to many. Ovary inferior, 1-celled; placentae 3 or more, parietal; ovules numerous. Fruit a berry, often spiny or glochidiate, usually many-seeded.
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(L.) Hummelink
Main Synonym :
Acanthocereus pentagonus (L.) Britton & Rose
Barbed Wire Cereus, Maltese name not known Jun-Sep Normal Profile 0
(Muehlenpf.) Backeb.
Main Synonym :
Opuntia subulata (Muehlenpf.) Engelm.
Eve's Needle, Maltese name not known Jun-Sep Normal Profile 7
(R.Kiesling) N.P.Taylor
Main Synonym :
Cereus peruvianus R.Kiesling
Spiny hedge cactus, Maltese name not known Jun-Jul Normal Profile 5
DC.
Main Synonym :
Cactus jamacaru (DC.) Kostel.
Mandacaru, Mandakaru Jun-Aug Normal Profile 4
Salm-Dyck
Main Synonym :
Nopalea dejecta (Salm-Dyke) Salm-Dyke
Salm-Dyk Maltese name not known May-Jul Normal Profile 9
(L.) Mill.
Main Synonym :
Opuntia ficus-barbarica A.Berger
Prickly Pear, Bajtar tax-xewk, May-Jul Normal Profile 15
(Raf.) Raf.
Main Synonym :
Opuntia vulgaris Mill.
Prickly Pear Cactus, Maltese name not known Jun-Aug Normal Profile 0
(Lehm.) Pfeiff.
Main Synonym :
Opuntia macrocalyx Griffiths
Bunny Ears Cactus, Maltese name not known Jun-Jul Normal Profile 10
F.A.C.Weber
Main Synonym :
Opuntia pilifera var. aurantiisaeta Backeb.
Cocoche Loco, Maltese name not known Jun-Aug Normal Profile 5
(Haw.) Haw.
Main Synonym :
Opuntia dillenii (Ker Gawl.) Haw.
Erect Prickly Pear Maltese name not known May-Jul Normal Profile 13
(Haw.) D.R.Hunt
Main Synonym :
Cereus undatus Haw. Hylocereus undatus (Haw.) Britton & Rose
Red Pitaya, Maltese name not known Jun-Aug Normal Profile 7
CAESALPINIACEAE R. Br. ( Caesalpinia Family ) Recently placed in the Fabaceae family Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Description text for this family is under progress and unavailable at the moment ...
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(Molina) Kuntze
Main Synonym :
Tara spinosa (Molina) Britton & Rose
Tara, Maltese name not known Mar-Jun Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Ceratonia coriacea Salisb.
Carob, Ħarruba Oct-Nov Normal Profile 18
L.
Main Synonym :
Cercis florida Salisb.
Judas Tree, Siġra ta' Ġuda, Mar-May Normal Profile 7
(Hook.) Klotzsch
Main Synonym :
Poinciana gilliesii Hook.
Yellow Bird of Paradise, Maltese name not known May-Sep Normal Profile 6
Mill.
Main Synonym :
Cassia alexandrina (Garsault) Thell.
Alexandrian Senna, Maltese name not known Mar-Apr Normal Profile 5
(Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
Main Synonym :
Cassia bicapsularis L.
Christmas Senna, Maltese name not known Dec-Jul Normal Profile 4
CAMPANULACEAE Juss. ( Bellflower Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Herbs or very rarely small shrubs, usually with latex. Leaves usually alternate, exstipulate. Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx 3- to 5-fid. Corolla more or less deeply lobed; lobes valvate. Stamens free or connate. Disc sometimes present. Style 1; stigmas 2-5. Ovary inferior, 2- to 5-locular. Capsule dehiscing by pores, valves or irregularly, rarely indehiscent. Seeds numerous.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Erinus campanulata Nyman
Small Bellflower Kampanula Mar-May Normal Profile 9
Sommier & Caruana Gatto
Main Synonym :
Specularia hybrida A.DC.
Venus looking Glass Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Trachelium azureum Gouan
Trachelium Maltese name not known May-Jun Normal Profile 0
CAPPARIDACEAE Juss. ( Caper Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves simple, or ternate to palmate, alternate, stipulate or not; stipules sometimes spinose. Flowers solitary or in racemes, actinomorphic or more usually zygomorphic, hermaphrodite. Sepals 4. Petals 4. Stamens 6 to many. Ovary 1, superior, on a gynophore; carpels 2. Fruit a 2-valved, unilocular capsule, or a berry.
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Duhamel
Main Synonym :
Capparis spinosa subsp. rupestris (Sm.) Nyman
Caper bush, Kappar Apr-Aug Normal Profile 14
L.
Main Synonym :
Capparis parviflora Hook.f. & Thomson
Spiny Caper Kappar tax-xewk Apr-Aug Normal Profile 7
CAPRIFOLIACEAE Juss. ( Honeysuckle Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Woody perennials (rarely herbaceous) with opposite, usually exstipulate leaves. Flowers (3-)5-merous, hermaphrodite, epigynous, usually actinomorphic. Calyx small; corolla-tube variously developed. Stamens (4-)5, epipetalous, alternating with corolla-lobes; anthers longitudinally dehiscent. Ovary 1- to 5-locular; style 1 or absent; stigmas free or connate. Ovules 1 to numerous, pendent, anatropous. Fruit a drupe, berry or nutlet. Seeds endospermic, with a small, straight embryo.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Valeriana calcitrapae L.
Annual Valerian, Valeriana Roża Mar-May Normal Profile 12
Boiss.
Main Synonym :
Valeriana macrosiphon (Boiss.) Bailly
Long-spurred Valerian, Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 2
(L.) DC.
Main Synonym :
Valeriana rubra L.
Red Valerian, Toppu tar-reġina Apr-Jul Normal Profile 5
Aiton
Main Synonym :
Caprifolium adenocarpum Kuntze
Evergreen Honeysuckle Qarn il-mogħża Apr-May Normal Profile 12
Thunb.
Main Synonym :
Lonicera chinensis P.Watson
Japanese Honeysuckle, Maltese name not known May-Aug Normal Profile 13
L.
Main Synonym :
Scabiosa maritima L.
Sweet Scabiosa Skabjoża ħamra May-Jul Normal Profile 9
(Desv.) Christenh. & Byng
Main Synonym :
Fedia eriocarpa Benth. Valerianella eriocarpa Desv.
Hairy-fruited cornsalad, Valerjanella Mar-Apr Normal Profile 6
(Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Byng & Christenh.
Main Synonym :
Fedia graciliflora Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Fedia cornucopiae (L.) Gaertn.
Lesser horn-of-plenty Sieq il-ħamiema Jan-Apr Normal Profile 14
Fresen.
Main Synonym :
Valerianella microcarpa Loisel.
Small-fruited Cornsalad Maltese name not known Apr-May Normal Profile 0
(Steven ex M.Bieb.) W.H.Baxter
Main Synonym :
Valerianella truncata (Rchb.) Betcke
Oblique-fruited Cornsalad Maltese name not known Apr-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Tinus laurifolius Borkh.
Laurustinus, Viburnum, Feb-May Normal Profile 7
CARYOPHYLLACEAE Juss. ( Pink or Carnation Family ) Subfamalies: Alsinoideae; Silenoideae; Paronychioideae Family Description: Herbs, more rarely small shrubs. Leaves usually opposite and decussate, more rarely alternate or verticillate, simple, entire, with or without scarious stipules. Flowers actinomorphic, usually hermaphrodite, often in bracteate dichasia. Sepals 4 or 5, free, or fused and often united by scarious strips of tissue (commissures) alternating with the calyx-teeth. Petals (0-)4 or 5, free. Stamens usually 8-10, obdiplostemonous. Ovary superior, unilocular at least above, with 1 to numerous campylotropous ovules on a basal or free-central placenta; stigmas (1)2-5. Fruit usually a capsule, dehiscing with teeth equalling the styles in number or twice as many; more rarely fruit a berry or achene.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Alsinanthus serpillifolius (L.) Desv.
Thyme-leaved Sandwort Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
Pers.
Main Synonym :
Alsine brachypetala E.H.L.Krause
Grey Mouse-Ear, Widen il-ġurdien abjad Mar-Apr Normal Profile 0
Thuill.
Main Synonym :
Cerastium acutatum Suksd.
Broad-leaved Mouse-Ear, Widen il-ġurdien idellek Jan-Apr Normal Profile 12
Viv.
Main Synonym :
Cerastium campanulatum Viv.
Large-flowered Mouse-Ear Maltese name not known Jan-Mar Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Hairy Rupture-Wort Maltese name not known Apr-Aug Normal Profile 8
(DC.) Cout.
Main Synonym :
Herniaria cinerea DC.
Grey Rupture-Wort Maltese name not known Apr-Aug Normal Profile 0
Thell.
Main Synonym :
Rhodalsine geniculata Williams
Woody Sandwort, Ramlina Għawdxija, Apr-Jun Normal Profile 9
Vierh.
Main Synonym :
Arenaria mucronata Sm.
Mediterranean Sandwort Maltese name not known Mar-Jun Normal Profile 0
Lam.
Main Synonym :
Ferriera mediterranea Bubani
Silvery Paronychia Maltese name not known Mar-Jun Normal Profile 0
Boiss.
Main Synonym :
Paronychia capitata subsp. macrosepala
Mediterranean nailwort Maltese name not known Apr-May Normal Profile 0
(Biv.) DC.
Main Synonym :
Polycarpon tetraphyllum subsp. alsinifolium (Biv.) Arcang.
Few-flowered Allseed Maltese name not known Apr-Jun Normal Profile 4
Cav.
Main Synonym :
Polycarpon tetraphyllum subsp. diphyllum (Cav.) O.Bolòs & Font Quer
Two-leaved Allseed Maltese name not known Apr-Jun Normal Profile 0
(L.) L.
Main Synonym :
Mollugo tetraphylla L.
Four-leaved Allseed, Maltese name not known Apr-Jun Normal Profile 15
Forssk.
Main Synonym :
Pteranthus echinatus Desf.
Pteranthus Maltese name not known Apr-Jun Normal Profile 3
Ard.
Main Synonym :
Sagina depressa Schultz
Annual Pearlwort Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 5
Don
Main Synonym :
Sagina stricta Fr.
Sea Pearlwort Ġawhra tax-xatt Mar-May Normal Profile 12
L.
Main Synonym :
Sagina fasciculata Poir.
Procumbent Pearlwort Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Silene reinholdii Heldr.
Hairless Catchfly Maltese name not known Mar-Apr Normal Profile 0
Jacq.
Main Synonym :
Silene vespertina Retz.
Dense-flowered Catchfly Maltese name not known Feb-Jul Normal Profile 0
(L.) Godr.
Main Synonym :
Lychnis coeli-rosa (L.) Desr.
Rose Catchfly Maltese name not known Apr-May Normal Profile 0
Poir.
Main Synonym :
Silene bipartita Desf.
Pink Pirouette, Ilsien l-għasfur, Dec-May Detailed Profile 46
L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Woody Catchfly, Lsien l-Għasfur tal-blat Apr-Jun Normal Profile 15
L.
Main Synonym :
Silene anglica L.
Small-flowered Catchfly Maltese name not known Apr-Jul Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Cucubalus reflexus L.
Night-flowering Catchfly Lsien l-għasfur ta' bil-lejl Jan-May Normal Profile 17
L.
Main Synonym :
Silene cisplatensis Cambess.
Drooping Catchfly Maltese name not known Mar-Jun Normal Profile 0
Poir.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Hairy Catchfly Lsien l-għasfur irqiq Mar-May Normal Profile 14
Hayek
Main Synonym :
Silene angustifolia Poir.
Narrow-leaved Bladder Campion Qasqejża tal-weraq dojjoq Feb-May Normal Profile 8
(Moench) Garcke
Main Synonym :
Cucubalus behen L.
Bladder Campion, Qasqejża Jan-May Detailed Profile 41
(Scheele) Graebn.
Main Synonym :
Spergularia bocconi Foucaud ex R.P.Merino
Boccone's Sea-Spurrey, Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 8
(Guss.) Heldr.
Main Synonym :
Spergularia salsuginea Fenzl
Southern Sea-Spurrey Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
(L.) Besser
Main Synonym :
Spergularia salina J.Presl & C.Presl
Lesser Sea-Spurrey, Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 7
(L.) C.Presl
Main Synonym :
Spergularia marginata (DC.) Murb.
Greater Sea-Spurrey, Arenarja Mar-May Normal Profile 0
G.Don
Main Synonym :
Arenaria purpurea Pers.
Purple Sand-Spurrey Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
J.Presl & C.Presl
Main Synonym :
Spergularia campestris Asch.
Sand Spurrey, Arenarja roża Mar-May Normal Profile 5
Ucria
Main Synonym :
Stellaria pallida Dumort.
Lesser Chickweed Ħarira bajda Jan-May Normal Profile 11
(L.) Vill.
Main Synonym :
Alsine avicularum Lam.
Common Chickweed Maltese name not known Jan-May Normal Profile 0
(Jord. & Fourr.) Nyman
Main Synonym :
Stellaria cupaniana Nyman
Cupani's chickweed Maltese name not known Jan-May Normal Profile 13
(Lej.) Weihe
Main Synonym :
Stellaria media subsp. neglecta (Weihe) Murb.
Greater Chickweed Maltese name not known Jan-May Normal Profile 15
(Mill.) Rauschert
Main Synonym :
Vaccaria pyramidata Medik.
Cowherb Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
CASUARINACEAE R. Br. ( Ironwood Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Description text for this family is under progress and unavailable at the moment ...
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(Lam.) L.A.S.Johnson
Main Synonym :
Casuarina stricta Aiton Casuarina verticillata Lam.
Drooping She-Oak Kaswarina May-Aug Normal Profile 4
Miq.
Main Synonym :
Casuarina tenuissima Sieber ex Spreng.
Australian River Oak, Maltese name not known May-Aug Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Casuarina litorea Oken
She-Oak, Kaswarina May-Aug Normal Profile 20
CISTACEAE Juss. ( Rock-rose Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Small shrubs or herbs. Leaves alternate, stipulate, usually undivided. Flowers hermaphrodite, solitary. Sepals 5, persistent. Petals 5, free. Stamens 5, introrse, connivent round the ovary. Ovary superior, unilocular, with 3 placentas and numerous ovules. Fruit a 3-valved capsule. Seeds endospermic.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Cistus incanus subsp. Creticus (L.) Heyw.
Hoary Rockrose, Ċistu roża, Feb-May Normal Profile 10
L.
Main Synonym :
Stephanocarpus monspeliensis Spach
White Rockrose, Ċistu abjad, Mar-May Normal Profile 11
Spach
Main Synonym :
Helianthemum arabicum (L.) Pers.
Mediterranean Rock Rose, Ċistu isfar Mar-May Normal Profile 10
Spach
Main Synonym :
Cistus laevipes L.
Narrow-leaved needle sunrose Ċistu tal-blat Mar-May Normal Profile 6
(Cav.) Pau
Main Synonym :
Fumana laevis subsp. juniperina (Lag. ex Dunal) Güemes & Molero
Smooth Thyme Rock Rose Ċistu isfar lixx Mar-May Normal Profile 10
Spach
Main Synonym :
Helianthemum thymifolium Pers.
Thyme Rock Rose, Ċistu żgħir Mar-May Normal Profile 12
COLCHICACEAE DC. ( Colchicum Family ) Conservative synonym: Liliaceae Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: The Colchicaceae are plants that grow from underground corms covered in tough papery tunics. The flowers have 3 styles that are free, rather than united into a single stalk. There are six tepal segments: 3 petals and 3 sepals. Each of the 6 anthers is attached at the base of one of the tepal segments. The most familiar genus in this family may be Colchicum, native to Eurasia. Bulbocodium is a genus closely related to Colchicum. Merendera is a genus with Colchicum-like flowers that grows in the Mediterranean, North African, and Middle Eastern areas. The genus Androcymbium is found in the Mediterranean and southward through South Africa. The genus Gloriosa contains the gaudy, vining Gloriosa Lily, which is native to southern Africa. Other genera in this family include Baeometra, Littonia, Sandersonia, and Wurmbea.
The older usage of the family Liliaceae was an all-inclusive collection of plants that are considered in most recent classifications to belong to many families in at least two orders, Asparagales and Liliales. The Colchicaceae are still considered part of the Liliales, but separate from the Liliaceae. Colchicum generally resembles to an oversized, fall-blooming crocus, but in fact the two are quite distant both genetically and ornamentally.
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Guss.
Main Synonym :
Colchicum bertolonii Steven
Mediterranean meadow saffron Busieq, Oct-Nov Detailed Profile 43
COMMELINACEAE R. Br. ( Spiderwort Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Annual or perennial herbs; stems often swollen at the nodes.Leaves alternate, often distichous, entire, with a closed, somewhat membranous basal sheath. Flowers hermaphrodite, in terminal or axillary cymes, often closely invested by 1 or 2 large, leaf-like bracts. Perianth-segments 6, the 3 outer sepaloid, the 3 inner petaloid, usually fugitive. Stamens 6, of which 3 are sometimes reduced to staminodes. Ovary superior, 3-locular, with simple style and capitate or shortly 3-lobed stigma. Fruit a loculicidal capsule; seeds few, marked by a small callosity indicating the position of the embryo.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Commelina sulcata Hoffmanns.
White-mouth dayflower, Kommelina Nov-Feb Normal Profile 8
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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(Ten.) G.Don
Main Synonym :
Calystegia sepium × C. silvatica
Hybrid bindweed Leblieb bagħal Jun-Aug Normal Profile 7
(L.) R.Br.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus sepium L.
Hedge bindweed Leblieb kbir roża May-Jul Normal Profile 5
Griseb.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus silvaticus Kit.
Great bindweed Leblieb kbir May-Jul Normal Profile 0
(L.) R.Br.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus soldanella L.
Sea bindweed, Leblieb tar-ramel, Apr-May Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Mallow bindweed, Leblieb tax-xagħri roża Mar-Jun Normal Profile 9
(Sm.) Stace
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus elegantissimus Mill. Convolvulus elegantissimus Miller
Silvery Mallow-Leaved BindWeed, Leblieba tax-xagħri ċar, Mar-Jun Detailed Profile 36
L.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus auriculatus Desr.
Field BindWeed, Leblieb tar-raba May-Sep Detailed Profile 40
L.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus terrestris L.
Cantabrican morning glory, Leblieb skars Apr-Jun Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus intermedius Loisel.
Narrow-leaved bindweed, Leblieb abjad, Mar-Jun Normal Profile 13
Desr.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus linearis Curtis
Pink bindweed, Leblieb tal-irdum, Jan-Oct Normal Profile 14
L.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus arcuatus C. Presl
Two-coloured bindweed, Leblieb żgħir Mar-May Normal Profile 13
Viv.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus mauritanicus Boiss.
Blue rock bindweed, Leblieb ta' Savona May-Sep Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus ovatus Moench
Blue bindweed, Leblieb tal-werqa tleqq Mar-May Normal Profile 16
L.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus cupanianus Death.
Three-coloured bindweed, Leblieb ikħal, Apr-May Normal Profile 4
L.
Main Synonym :
Cressa humifusa Lam.
Mediterranean bindweed, Kressa May-Jul Normal Profile 7
Yunck.
Main Synonym :
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.
Western Field Dodder, Pittma tal-Amerika Mar-May Normal Profile 10
(L.) L.
Main Synonym :
Cuscuta europaea var. epithymum L.
Dodder, Pittma Jan-May Normal Profile 12
Vahl
Main Synonym :
Monogynella monogyna (Vahl) Hadac
One-seeded dodder Maltese name not known Jan-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Ipomoea bona-nox L.
Moonflower vine, Kampanella bajda Mar-Jul Normal Profile 5
(L.) Lam.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus batatas L.
Sweet potato vine Patata Ħelwa Apr-Jun Normal Profile 0
(L.) Sweet
Main Synonym :
Ipomoea palmata Forssk.
Cairo morning glory, Kampanella tal-Eġittu Oct-Jul Normal Profile 12
Merr.
Main Synonym :
Ipomoea cathartica Poir.
Blue morning Glory, Kampanella tal-Indja Apr-Nov Normal Profile 20
(L.) Roth
Main Synonym :
Ipomoea diversifolia Lindl.
Purple morning glory, Kampanella komuni, Feb-Oct Normal Profile 3
Cav.
Main Synonym :
Ipomoea rubro-caerulea Hook.
Morning glory, Kampanella kaħla Mar-Jul Normal Profile 4
CUCURBITACEAE Juss. ( Gourd or Cucumber Family ) Subfamalies: Cucurbitoideae; Zanonioideae; Family Description: Herbs, often climbing by means of tendrils. Flowers unisexual. Calyx deeply 5(-6)-lobed; corolla deeply 5(-6)-lobed. Stamens 5, sometimes 3 (owing to 4 being connate in pairs); filaments sometimes all connate; anthers with 1 theca, free or coherent. Ovary inferior, unilocular but often more or less divided by the 2-5 placentae; style usually 1, with 3, usually divided stigmas. Ovules 1 to many. Fruit usually fleshy and indehiscent.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Cucurbita aurantia Willd.
Pumpkin, Qargħa ħamra Jul-Sep Normal Profile 8
(L.) A.Rich.
Main Synonym :
Momordica elaterium L.
Squirting Cucumber, Faqqus il-ħmir, May-Jul Detailed Profile 37
CUPRESSACEAE Barlett ( Cypress Family ) Subfamalies: Cunninghamhioideae; Taiwanioideae; Athrotaxidoideae; Sequoioideae; Taxodioideae; Callitroideae; Cupressoideae Family Description: Monoecious or dioecious; resiniferous trees or shrubs with opposite or whorled, usually scale-like, leaves. Male and female cones made up of opposite or whorled scales. Scales of male cones (microsporophylls) bearing 3-5 pollen-sacs on the lower surface. Scales of female cones (megasporophylls) bearing 2 to many erect ovules on the upper surface, and completely adnate to the subtending bract. Fruit a more or less woody cone, or the scales becoming fleshy and the fruit berry-like, indehiscent. Seeds winged or not.
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Greene.
Main Synonym :
Cupressus glabra Sudw.
Arizona Cypress, Ċipress ta' Arizona All year Normal Profile 2
L.
Main Synonym :
Cupressus pyramidalis O.Targ.Tozz.
Italian Cypress, Ċipress, All year Normal Profile 10
L.
Main Synonym :
Juniperus terminalis Salisb.
Phoenician Juniper Ġnibru, All year Normal Profile 8
(L.) Franco
Main Synonym :
Thuja orientalis L.
Thuya Tujja All year Normal Profile 8
Mast.
Main Synonym :
Thuja articulata Vahl
Sandarac Gum Tree, Siġra tal-Għargħar, All year Normal Profile 25
CYPERACEAE Juss. ( Sedge Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Herbs, usually glabrous and rhizomatous. Stems usually solid, often trigonous. Leaves often grass-like, sometimes reduced to sheaths. Flowers wind-pollinated, hermaphrodite or unisexual, each in the axil of a glume and arranged in 1- to many-flowered spikelets. Spikelets solitary or variously aggregated in compound, often bracteate inflorescences, and often with 1 or more empty glumes. Perianth absent, or composed of bristles (more rarely scales). Stamens usually 2 or 3, with basifixed anthers. Style simple; stigmas 2 or 3. Ovary unilocular, with solitary, erect ovule. Nut usually with 2 or 3 angles. Seed endospermic.
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(Lam.) S.G. Smith
Main Synonym :
Scirpus glaucus Lam.
Southern Clubrush, Simar tal-Africa Apr-Jun Normal Profile 11
L.
Main Synonym :
Carex forficula Sennen
Distant Sedge Sogħda Mar-May Normal Profile 7
Huds.
Main Synonym :
Carex lobata Lam.
Divided Sedge, Sogħda kommuni Mar-May Normal Profile 11
Stokes
Main Synonym :
Carex muricata var. divulsa (Stokes) Wahlenb.
Grey Sedge, Sogħda mifruda, Mar-May Normal Profile 6
Gooden.
Main Synonym :
Carex nervosa Desf.
Long-bracted Sedge Sogħda tal-baħar Apr-May Normal Profile 13
(Hoppe) Holub
Main Synonym :
Carex flacca subsp. serrulata (Biv.) Malag.
Glacuous Sedge, Sogħda tax-xagħri Apr-Jun Normal Profile 13
Asso
Main Synonym :
Carex alpestris All.
Southern Sedge, Sogħda tal-Makkja Mar-Jun Normal Profile 0
Willd. ex Schkuhr
Main Synonym :
Carex acutiformis Brot.
Hispid Sedge Sogħda tat-tafal, Apr-Jun Normal Profile 6
Podp.
Main Synonym :
Carex cuprina (Sándor ex Heuff.) T.Nendtv. ex A.Kern.
False Fox Sedge Sogħda kompatta Mar-May Normal Profile 7
F.W.Schultz
Main Synonym :
Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa (Wallr.) Celak.
Paira's rough sedge Sogħda ta' Paira Mar-May Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Cyperus frondosus Salisb.
Umbrella Papyrus, Bordi tal-umbrella Apr-Nov Normal Profile 8
Vand.
Main Synonym :
Galilea mucronathus
Capitate Galingale, Bordi tar-ramel Mar-Jun Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Cyperus sieberianus Link
Yellow Nutsedge, Maltese name not known Apr-Sep Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Cyperus compressus Krock.
Brown Galingale Bordi żgħir Mar-May Normal Profile 4
Rottb.
Main Synonym :
Cyperus flabelliformis Rottb.
Dwarf Papyrus Grass, Bordi tal-umbrella Apr-Nov Normal Profile 12
(All.) Ball
Main Synonym :
Cyperus distachyos All. Juncellus distachyos (Allioni) Turrill
Mediterranean Galingale Bordi Iswed Jan-Jun Normal Profile 0
(Desf.) Bonnier & Layens
Main Synonym :
Cyperus longus subsp. badius (Desf.) Soó
Compact Galingale Bordi tal-wied żgħir Apr-Jun Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Cyperus speciosus Lojac.
Sweet Galingale Bordi tal-wied Apr-Jun Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Papyrus siculus Parl.
Papyrus, Papiru Apr-Sep Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Cyperus olivaris O.Targ.Tozz.
Round Galingale, Bordi tat-toroq Jul-Nov Normal Profile 5
(Roth) Roem. & Schult.
Main Synonym :
Scirpus compressus Moench
Southern Spikerush, Simar tal-Għadajjar Jan-Apr Normal Profile 0
(L.) Roem. & Schult.
Main Synonym :
Eleocharis intersita Zinserl.
Common Spikerush, Simar tat-toppu Jan-Apr Normal Profile 11
(Vahl) Roem. & Schult.
Main Synonym :
Scirpus cernuus Vahl
Slender Clubrush, Simar irqiq Apr-Jun Normal Profile 0
(L.) Palla
Main Synonym :
Scirpus lacustris L.
Common Clubrush Maltese name not known Mar-Jun Normal Profile 0
(C.C.Gmel.) Palla
Main Synonym :
Scirpus tabernaemontani C.C.Gmel.
Grey Clubrush, Maltese name not known Apr-Jun Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Schoenus bonanni C. Presl
Black Bog Rush, Simar iswed Mar-Jul Normal Profile 5
(L.) Soják
Main Synonym :
Scirpus holoschoenus L. Holoschoenus vulgaris Link
Round-headed Clubrush Simar tal-boċċi Feb-Jun Normal Profile 10
DRYOPTERIDACEAE Herter ( Buckler fern Family ) Subfamalies: Dryopteridoideae; Elaphoglossoideae Family Description: Rhizome dictyostelic, with opaque scales. Petiole with 5-7 vascular strands; rhachis grooved, interrupted to admit grooves of costae. Sori superficial; spores bilateral.
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(L.f.) C.Presl
Main Synonym :
Polystichum falcatum (L.f.) Diels
Japanese Holly Fern Felċi Ġappuniża All year Normal Profile 3
J.Sm.
Main Synonym :
Polystichum fortunei (J.Sm.) Nakai
Asian Netvein Holly Fern Felċi Asjatika All year Normal Profile 2
EBENACEAE Gurke ( Ebony Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Trees or shrubs; usually dioecious. Leaves simple, exstipulate, usually alternate. Flowers actinomorphic, usually 4- to 5- merous. Calyx often accrescent in fruit. Corolla sympetalous, urceolate-campanulate; lobes contorted. Male flowers with 14-24 stamens; female flowers with 8 staminodes. Ovary superior, 4- to 12- locular, with axile placentae. Fruit a large berry.
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L.f.
Main Synonym :
Diospyros chinensis Blume
Kaki, Siġra tal-Kaaki May-Jun Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Dactylus trapezuntinus Forssk.
Date-Plum, Maltese name not known May-Jul Normal Profile 3
ELATINACEAE Dumortier ( Elatine Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Aquatic or marsh herbs. Leaves simple, opposite or whorled, stipulate. Flowers hermaphrodite, regular, hypogynous, 2- to 5-merous, solitary or in cymes. Sepals free or connate at base, as many as petals. Petals free, imbricate. Stamens as many or twice as many as petals. Ovary superior, 2- to 5-locular; styles free; ovules numerous; placentation axile. Fruit a septicidal capsule.
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(Sommier) Brullo, Lanfr., Pavone & Ronsisv.
Main Synonym :
Elatine hydropiper var. gussonei Sommier
Maltese Waterwort, Elatine, Feb-Mar Detailed Profile 20
ERICACEAE Juss. ( Heath Family ) Subfamalies: Enkianthoideae; Pyroloideae; Monotropoideae; Arbutoideae; Cassiopoideae; Ericoideae; Harrimanelloideae; Styphelioideae; Vaccinioideae Family Description: Dwarf shrubs to small trees; leaves simple, exstipulate, usually evergreen. Flowers actinomorphic (rarely slightly zygomorphic), in racemes or umbels, or solitary or in clusters in the leaf-axils. Petals usually connate. Stamens twice as many as petals (rarely fewer), inserted on the receptacle or disc, but sometimes adnate to the extreme base of the corolla and falling with it; anthers usually opening by pores; pollen grains usually in tetrads. Ovary superior (rarely inferior); placentation axile; style single. Fruit a capsule, berry or drupe.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Arbutus pavarii Pamp.
Strawberry Tree, Imbrijagla Dec-Feb Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Erica dianthera Moench
Mediterranean Heath, Erika, Dec-Mar Detailed Profile 39
EUPHORBIACEAE Juss. ( Spurge Family ) Subfamalies: Acalyphoideae; Crotonoideae; Euphorbioideae Family Description: Dioecious or monoecious herbs or shrubs, often with latex. Leaves usually alternate, simple; usually stipulate. Flowers usually actinomorphic, often apetalous and sometimes without sepals. Male flowers with one to many stamens with free or connate filaments. Female flowers with a usually 3-locular superior ovary and 3 styles; disc usually present, annular, pulvinate or cyathiform; ovules 1-2 in each loculus. Fruit a capsule, often dehiscing explosively; seeds often carunculate.
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Common Name
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L.
Main Synonym :
Telephioides procumbens Moench
Andrachne, Andrakne Mar-Oct Normal Profile 6
(L.) A.Juss.
Main Synonym :
Croton tinctorius L.
Dyer's Litmus, Turnasol Jun-Sep Detailed Profile 37
L.
Main Synonym :
Tithymalus aleppicus Klotzsch & Garcke
Aleppo Spurge Tengħud ta' Aleppo May-Aug Normal Profile 4
Bruyns
Main Synonym :
Synadenium compactum N.E.Br.
Clustered Spurge Tengħud tal-werqa wiesgħa Mar-Jun Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Euphorbia tribuloides Lam.
Canary Islands Spurge Tengħud tal-gżejjer tal-Kanarji May-Jul Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Chamaesyce canescens (L.) Prokh. Euphorbia prostrata Burch. ex Hemsl.
Small Spurge Ġemmugħa May-Nov Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Tithymalus characias Hill
Large Mediterranean Spurge, Tengħud tal-ħaġar Jan-Apr Normal Profile 16
(Hoppe ex W.D.J.Koch) Radcl.-Sm.
Main Synonym :
Euphorbia melapetala Gasp.
Large Sicilian Spurge Tengħud tal-ħaġar Sqalli Jan-Apr Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Tithymalus dendroides Hill
Tree Spurge, Tengħud tas-siġra Jan-Apr Normal Profile 18
L.
Main Synonym :
Euphorbia pycnophylla (K.U.Kramer & Westra) C.Brullo & Brullo
Dwarf Spurge Tenghud Irqiq Mar-May Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Tithymalus helioscopius Hill
Sun Spurge, Tengħud raddiena Nov-May Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Euphorbia pubescens Vahl
Hairy Spurge, Tengħud aħrax Jun-Aug Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Euphorbia glomerifera (Millsp.) L.C.Wheeler
Graceful spurge, Tengħud arbuxxel Dec-Jun Normal Profile 7
E.Mey.
Main Synonym :
Euphorbia similis A.Berger
Candelabra tree Tengħud Oħxon May-Jun Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Chamaesyce maculata Small
Spotted Spurge, Ġemmugħa ħamra Apr-Nov Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Tithymalus flaccidus Moench
Smooth Creeping Milkweed, Tengħud tal-gżejjer tal-Mawrizju Jun-Sep Normal Profile 3
Parl.
Main Synonym :
Euphorbia spinosa var. melitensis (Parl.) Fiori
Maltese Spurge Tengħud tax-xagħri Feb-May Normal Profile 12
L.
Main Synonym :
Tithymalus paralias Hill
Sea Spurge Tengħud tar-ramel May-Aug Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Chamaesyce peplis (L.) Prokh.
Purple Spurge Ġemmugħa tar-ramel May-Jul Normal Profile 4
L.
Main Synonym :
Tithymalus auriculatus Lam.
Petty Spurge, Tengħud tal-ġonna Jan-Apr Normal Profile 10
DC.
Main Synonym :
Tithymalus peploides Klotzsch & Garcke Euphorbia peploides Guoan
Dwarf Petty Spurge Tengħud ċkejken tal-ġonna Jan-Apr Normal Profile 11
Aiton
Main Synonym :
Chamaesyce prostrata (Aiton) Small
Prostate Spurge, Ġemmugħa sufija Apr-Nov Normal Profile 7
Willd. ex Klotzsch
Main Synonym :
Poinsettia pulcherrima (Willd. ex Klotzsch) Graham
Poinsettia Punsjetta Dec-Jan Normal Profile 9
(L.) Lange
Main Synonym :
Tithymalus pineus Klotzsch & Garcke Euphorbia pinea L.
Pine Spurge Tengħud komuni Feb-Nov Normal Profile 18
Kunth
Main Synonym :
Chamaesyce serpens (Kunth) Small Euphorbia chamasyce auct. Melit. non Kunth
Matted sandmat Ġemmugħa tat-toroq Apr-Dec Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Tithymalus terracinus Klotzsch & Garcke
Coastal Spurge, Tengħud tax-xatt Apr-Aug Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Tirucalia indica Raf.
Indian tree spurge, Tengħud tal-lapes Apr-Aug Normal Profile 4
L.fil.
Main Synonym :
Mercurialis annua var. ambigua (L.f.) Duby
Spanish mercury, Burikba falza Nov-Apr Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Mercurialis ciliata C.Presl
Annual Mercury, Burikba Nov-Apr Normal Profile 15
L.
Main Synonym :
Croton spinosus L.
Castor Oil Tree, Riġnu Mar-Oct Normal Profile 15
FABACEAE Lindl. ( Pea Family ) Conservative synonym: Leguminosae Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Trees, shrubs or herbs. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite, simple to 2-pinnate, stipulate. Flowers usually hermaphrodite, usually 5-merous.Sepals usually united. Petals free or somewhat connate. Stamens usually 10, sometimes less than 10 or numerous. Ovary a single unilocular carpel; style 1. Fruit a dehiscent, 2-valved or indehiscent, occasionally lomentaceous legume. Seeds usually without endosperm.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Anagyris cretica Mill.
Stinking Bean Trefoil, Fula tal-klieb Jan-Feb Detailed Profile 38
(L.) D.D.Sokoloff
Main Synonym :
Medicago circinnata L. Hymenocarpos circinnatus (L.) Savi
Spiny Kidney Vetch Nefel ta' Għawdex Mar-Apr Normal Profile 6
Brullo & Giusso
Main Synonym :
Aspalathus cretica L.
Maltese Yellow Kidney Vetch, Ħatba s-sewda ta' Malta, Apr-Jun Normal Profile 5
(Beck) Maire
Main Synonym :
Anthyllis maritima Schweigg. ex K.G.Hagen
Common Kidney Vetch, Silla tal-blat Mar-May Normal Profile 11
L.
Main Synonym :
Astragalus baeticus
Yellow Milk Vetch Kafe' Messikan Mar-May Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Astragalus buceras Willd.
Southern Milk Vetch, Maltese name not known Mar-Apr Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Astragalus saguntinus Pau
Small-flowered Milk Vetch Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 14
(L.) C.H.Stirt.
Main Synonym :
Psoralea bituminosa L.
Pitch Trefoil, Silla tal-mogħoż, Jan-Jun Detailed Profile 34
(L.) W.D.J.Koch
Main Synonym :
Arthrolobium scorpioides (L.) Desv.
Yellow Crown Vetch, Xeħt l-imħabba, Mar-May Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Coronilla stipularis Lam.
Shrubby Crown Vetch, Koronilla Feb-Apr Normal Profile 22
Spreng.
Main Synonym :
Hippocrepis unisiliquosa subsp. biflora (Spreng.) O.Bolòs & Vigo Hippocrepis unisiliquosa L.
Two-flowered Horseshoe Vetch Xintilli żgħira Mar-May Normal Profile 9
Willd.
Main Synonym :
Hippocrepis dicarpa M.Bieb.
Lesser Horseshoe Vetch Xintilli muswaf Mar-May Normal Profile 0
(L.) Lassen
Main Synonym :
Coronilla emerus L.
Pale Crown Vetch Xintilli tas-siġra Feb-Apr Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Hippocrepis ambigua (Rouy) Bellot
Many-flowered Horseshoe Vetch Xintilli komuni Mar-May Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Lathyrus chius Boiss. & Orph.
Annual Pea, Maltese name not known Apr-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Lathyrus affinis Guss.
Yellow Vetchling, Porvlina Mar-May Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Lathyrus aegeus Davidov
Chickling Vetch, Ġilbiena tas-serp Mar-Apr Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Lathyrus articulatus var. clymenum (L.) Maire
Crimson Pea, Ġilbiena tas-serp Mar-May Normal Profile 13
Parl.
Main Synonym :
Lathyrus amoenus Fenzl
R Pea Maltese name not known Feb-Apr Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Lathyrus erectus Lag.
Inconspicuous Pea, Maltese name not known Feb-Apr Normal Profile 0
(L.) DC.
Main Synonym :
Pisum ochrus L.
Pale Pea, Ġilbiena bajda Mar-May Normal Profile 15
L.
Main Synonym :
Lathyrus cyprius Rech.f.
Sweet Pea Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Lathyrus gouanii Rouy
Red Pea Maltese name not known Mar-Apr Normal Profile 0
Retz.
Main Synonym :
Lathyrus coccineus All.
Round Pea Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Lotus creticus subsp. cytisoides (L.) Asch.
Grey Birdsfoot Trefoil Għantux tal-blat Apr-Jun Normal Profile 16
L.
Main Synonym :
Lotus edulus L.
Edible Birdsfoot Trefoil Qrempuċ Mar-May Normal Profile 11
Boiss. & Spruner
Main Synonym :
Lotus pusillus Medik.
Sand Restharrow, Għantux tar-Ramel Mar-May Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Lotea ornithopodioides (L.) Medik.
Clustered Birdsfoot Trefoil, Għantux sieq l-għasfur Feb-May Normal Profile 8
Ten.
Main Synonym :
Lotus corniculatus subsp. preslii (Ten.) P.Fourn.
Presli's bird's-foot trefoil Għantux Apr-Jun Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Tetragonolobus purpureus Moench
Crimson Dragon's Teeth, Fiġġiela ħamra Feb-May Normal Profile 10
(L.) Huds.
Main Synonym :
Medicago maculata Bubani
Spotted Medick Nefel Mar-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Rhodusia arborea (L.) Vassilcz.
Tree Medick, Siġret in-nefel Mar-May Normal Profile 7
(L.) Medik.
Main Synonym :
Medicago intertexta subsp. ciliata (L.) Heyn
Ciliate Medick Nefel Mar-May Normal Profile 5
Carmign.
Main Synonym :
Medicago aculeata Willd.
Straight-spined Medick Nefel Mar-May Normal Profile 0
(L.) Mill.
Main Synonym :
Medica intertexta (L.) Medik.
Prickly Medick, Nefel Mar-May Normal Profile 5
Rohde ex Loisel.
Main Synonym :
Medicago arenaria Ten.
Coastal Medick, Nefel tax-xtut Mar-May Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Medicago lupulina subsp. cupianiana (Guss.) Nyman
Black Medick Nefel iswed Mar-May Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Medica tomentosa Moench
Sea Medick Nefel tar-ramel Mar-May Normal Profile 8
(L.) Bartal.
Main Synonym :
Medicago arabica var. echinata Weston
Burr Medick, Nefel żgħir Mar-May Normal Profile 11
(L.) Trautv.
Main Synonym :
Trigonella monspeliaca L.
Hairy Trigonella Nefel Mar-May Normal Profile 10
Willd.
Main Synonym :
Medicago sicula Tod.
Spiny Medick Nefel Mar-May Normal Profile 0
(L.) Bartal
Main Synonym :
Medicago marginata Willd.
Round-fruited Medick, Nefel Mar-May Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Medicago apiculata Greene
Toothed Medick Nefel komuni Mar-May Normal Profile 7
(Benth.) Heyn
Main Synonym :
Medicago denticulata var. brevispina Benth.
Short-Toothed Medick Nefel komuni Mar-May Normal Profile 8
(L.) All.
Main Synonym :
Medicago agrestis Ten.
Field Medick Nefel Mar-May Normal Profile 0
Desr.
Main Synonym :
Medicago elegans Jacq. ex Willd.
Rugose Medick Nefel Mar-May Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Medicago sylvestris Fr.
Alfalfa Nefel May-Jun Normal Profile 6
(L.) Mill.
Main Synonym :
Medicago italica (Mill.) Grande
Hairy Medick Nefel Mar-May Normal Profile 3
Gaertn.
Main Synonym :
Medicago tentaculata Willd.
Mediterranean Medick Nefel Mar-May Normal Profile 9
(L.) All.
Main Synonym :
Medicago tuberculata (Retz.) Willd.
Southern Medick Nefel Mar-May Normal Profile 0
Salzm. ex Ser.
Main Synonym :
Melilotus collinus Guss.
Elegant Melilot Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
(L.) All.
Main Synonym :
Melilotus parviflorus Trautv.
Small Melilot Trew tat-toroq Mar-May Normal Profile 8
Guss.
Main Synonym :
Melilotus rigidus Pomel
Round-fruited Melilot Trew Mar-May Normal Profile 9
(L.) Lam.
Main Synonym :
Trifolium italicum L.
Italian Melilot Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
(Brot.) Ser.
Main Synonym :
Melilotus sulcatus subsp. segetalis (Brot.) P.Fourn.
Corn Melilot Trew Feb-May Normal Profile 9
Steud.
Main Synonym :
Melilotus messanensis (L.) All.
Southern Melilot, Trew Feb-May Normal Profile 7
Desf.
Main Synonym :
Melilotus compactus Salzm. ex Guss.
Mediterranean Melilot, Trew komuni Feb-May Normal Profile 10
L.
Main Synonym :
Ononis baetica Clemente
Foxtail Restharrow Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 4
Desf.
Main Synonym :
Ononis geminiflora Lag.
Two-flowered Restharrow Broxka ta' żewġ fjuri Mar-May Normal Profile 10
L.
Main Synonym :
Ononis scariosa Moench
Mediterranean Restharrow Broxka tat-tafal Apr-Jul Normal Profile 10
Ten.
Main Synonym :
Ononis bonanniana C.Presl
Few-leaved Restharrow Trew tat-tafal May-Jul Normal Profile 4
L.
Main Synonym :
Passaea ornithopoides (L.) Scop.
Bird Restharrow Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 9
Desf.
Main Synonym :
Ononis natrix subsp. ramosissima (Desf.) Batt.
Bush Restharrow, Broxka ta' Għawdex Apr-May Normal Profile 20
L.
Main Synonym :
Ononis inclusa Bertol.
Small Restharrow Broxka Mar-May Normal Profile 10
Besser ex DC.
Main Synonym :
Ononis viscosa subsp. sieberi (DC.) Sirj.
Sieber's restharrow Maltese name not known Mar-Jun Normal Profile 4
L.
Main Synonym :
Ononis euphrasiifolia Desf.
Villous Restharrow Maltese name not known Apr-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Anonis viscosa (L.) Lam.
Sticky Restharrow Maltese name not known Mar-Jun Normal Profile 22
L.
Main Synonym :
Phaseolus nanus L.
Common Bean, Fażola Apr-Sep Normal Profile 4
L.
Main Synonym :
Robinia acacia L.
False Acacia, Robinja May-Jun Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Scorpiurus subvillosus
Many-flowered Scorpiurus, Widna Mar-May Normal Profile 16
L.
Main Synonym :
Genista juncea (L.) Scop.
Spanish Broom, Ġenista safra Apr-May Normal Profile 7
(L.) Schott
Main Synonym :
Sophora japonica L.
Japanese pagoda tree, Sofora taż-żibeġ, Jul-Oct Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Hedysarum coronarium L.
Sulla, Silla Mar-May Normal Profile 14
(F.Dietr.) B.H.Choi & H.Ohashi
Main Synonym :
Hedysarum capitatum Desf. Hedysarum glomeratum F.Dietr.
Clustered Sulla Silla selvaġġa Mar-May Normal Profile 11
(L.) B.H.Choi & H.Ohashi
Main Synonym :
Echinolobium spinosissimum (L.) Desv. Hedysarum spinosissimum L.
Spiny Sulla Silla bix-xewk Mar-May Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Triphylloides angustifolia (L.) Moench
Narrow-leaved Clover, Xnien tal-werqa rqieqa Apr-Jun Normal Profile 4
Schreb.
Main Synonym :
Trifolium procumbens L.
Hop Clover, Xnien isfar Mar-May Normal Profile 11
L.
Main Synonym :
Galearia fragifera (L.) C.Presl
Strawberry Clover Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 13
L.
Main Synonym :
Trifolium rhodense Pamp.
Bur Clover, Maltese name not known Apr-Jun Normal Profile 0
Guss.
Main Synonym :
Trifolium scabrum var. lucanicum (Gasp.) Halácsy
Lucana's clover Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
Viv.
Main Synonym :
Amoria nigrescens (Viv.) Fourr.
Small White Clover, Xnien abjad Mar-May Normal Profile 14
L.
Main Synonym :
Lagopus pratensis (L.) Bernh.
Red Clover, Xnien ta' l-eghlieqi May-Jul Detailed Profile 24
L.
Main Synonym :
Amoria repens (L.) C.Presl
White Clover, Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Trifolium clusii Gren. & Godr.
Reversed Clover, Maltese name not known Apr-Jun Normal Profile 11
L.
Main Synonym :
Trifolium trichodontium Gand.
Rough Clover, Xnien inħaxlet Mar-May Normal Profile 10
L.
Main Synonym :
Trifolium dipsaceum Thuill.
Squarrose Clover Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Trifolium xanthicum Freyn
Starry clover Xnien ta' l-istilla Mar-May Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Triphylloides comosa Moench
Subterranean Clover Xnien midfun Mar-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Microphyton suffocatum (L.) Fourr.
Suffocated Clover Xnien moħbi Mar-May Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Trifolium curvisepalum Täckh.
Woolly Clover, Xnien tar-raba Apr-May Normal Profile 6
Delile ex Poir.
Main Synonym :
Trigonella dura Vis.
Sea Trigonella Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
(L.) Fourr.
Main Synonym :
Anthyllis tetraphylla L.
Annual Kidney Vetch, Silla tal-bżieżel Mar-May Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Lathyrus bithynicus L.
Bithynian Vetch Ġilbiena ħoxna Mar-Apr Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Faba vulgaris Moench
Broad Bean, Fula Feb-May Normal Profile 8
(L.) Gray
Main Synonym :
Ervum hirsutum L.
Hairy Tare, Maltese name not known Feb-May Normal Profile 0
Biv.
Main Synonym :
Vicia bivonea Raf.
Brown-fruited Vetch Maltese name not known Mar-Apr Normal Profile 12
L.
Main Synonym :
Vicia hirta Balb. ex Pers.
Yellow Vetch, Maltese name not known Mar-Apr Normal Profile 0
Retz.
Main Synonym :
Vicia biflora Desf.
Barn Vetch, Maltese name not known Apr-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Vicia latifolia Moench
Narbonne Vetch, Ġilbiena ħoxna Mar-May Normal Profile 5
Crantz
Main Synonym :
Vicia purpurascens DC.
Hungarian Vetch, Maltese name not known Apr-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Vicia leptophylla
Slender-leaved Vetch, Maltese name not known Feb-Apr Normal Profile 0
(L.) Ehrh.
Main Synonym :
Vicia angustifolia L.
Common Vetch, Ġilbiena sewda Mar-May Normal Profile 10
L.
Main Synonym :
Vicia communis Rouy
Common Vetch, Ġilbiena sewda Mar-May Normal Profile 6
(M.Bieb.) Schinz & Thell.
Main Synonym :
Vicia parviflora Hook. & Arn.
Fine-leaved Vetch Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 10
(L.) Schreb.
Main Synonym :
Vicia gemella Crantz
Smooth Tare, Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
Roth
Main Synonym :
Vicia godronii A.W.Hill
Fodder Vetch, Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
FAGACEAE Dumortier ( Oak Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Monoecious; trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, alternate. Male flowers in catkins or heads; perianth 4- to 7-lobed; stamens 8-20(-40), usually twice as many as perianth-lobes. Female flowers 1-3, surrounded by an involucre of scales (cupule); perianth 4- to 6-lobed; styles 3 or 6. Fruit a 1-seeded nut, in groups of 1-3, surrounded by the accrescent cupule.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Maltese Name
Flowering Period
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Profile Type
L.
Main Synonym :
Quercus calicina
Evergreen Oak, Balluta, Apr-May Normal Profile 22
L.
Main Synonym :
Quercus pedunculata Hoffm.
Pedunculate Oak, Balluta ingliża, May-Apr Normal Profile 9
Lam.
Main Synonym :
Quercus ilex subsp. rotundifolia (Lam.) Trab.
Iberian Oak, Balluta Iberika, Apr-May Normal Profile 0
FRANKENIACEAE S.F. Gray ( Sea Heath Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Herbs or dwarf shrubs. Leaves opposite, entire, often ericoid; stipules absent. Flowers usually hermaphrodite. Sepals 4-6, connate for more than half their length. Petals 4-6, clawed, with a scale-like appendage on the claw. Stamens usually 6, in 2 whorls. Ovary superior, fertile only in the lower half, 1-locular; placentation parietal; ovules numerous. Capsule loculicidal. Seeds endospermous.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Frankenia laevis var. hirsuta
Hairy Sea Heath Erba Franka Apr-Jul Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Frankenia leonardorum Alain
Sea Heath Maltese name not known Apr-Jul Normal Profile 15
L.
Main Synonym :
Frankenia nodiflora Lam.
Annual Sea Heath, Maltese name not known Apr-Jul Normal Profile 11
FUMARIACEAE DC. ( Fumitoy Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Description text for this family is under progress and unavailable at the moment ...
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Lag.
Main Synonym :
Fumaria embergeri Pugsley
Field Fumitory Maltese name not known Dec-Apr Normal Profile 19
Sennen & Pau
Main Synonym :
Fumaria bella Y.Sell
Baronola's fumitory Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
Boreau
Main Synonym :
Fumaria affinis Hammar
Tall Ramping Fumitory Maltese name not known Dec-Apr Normal Profile 9
Sommier ex Nicotra
Main Synonym :
Fumaria rupestris var. maritima Batt.
Two-coloured Fumitory Maltese name not known Feb-Apr Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Fumaria officinalis subsp. capreolata (L.) Ewart
White Ramping Fumitory Maltese name not known Dec-Apr Normal Profile 15
DC.
Main Synonym :
Fumaria micrantha Lag.
Dense-flowered Fumitory Maltese name not known Feb-Apr Normal Profile 9
Gasp.
Main Synonym :
Fumaria capreolata subsp. flabellata
Southern Ramping Fumitory Maltese name not known Jan-Apr Normal Profile 0
Boiss.
Main Synonym :
Fumaria agraria subsp. major (Moris) Maire
Italian Fumitory Daħnet L-art kbira Feb-Apr Normal Profile 6
Sond. ex W.D.J.Koch
Main Synonym :
Fumaria capreolata subsp. muralis
Common Ramping Fumitory Maltese name not known Feb-Mar Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Fumaria viciosoi Pau
Common Fumitory Daħnet L-art medja Dec-Jul Normal Profile 12
Lam.
Main Synonym :
Fumaria leucantha Viv.
Fine-leaved Fumitory Daħnet l-art żgħira Jan-May Normal Profile 14
Soy.-Will.
Main Synonym :
Fumaria laggeri Jord.
Schleicher's fumitory Maltese name not known Feb-May Normal Profile 0
Loisel.
Main Synonym :
Fumaria caespitosa Loscos ex Willk. & Lange
Few-flowered Fumitory Maltese name not known Feb-May Normal Profile 0
GENTIANACEAE Juss. ( Gentian Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Glabrous bitter-tasting herbs. Leaves opposite (very rarely some alternate), entire, exstipulate, usually sessile and often connate at the base. Flowers 4- to 5(to 12)-merous, actinomorphic. Calyx more or less deeply lobed. Corolla-lobes contorted in bud. Stamens inserted on the corolla-tube. Ovary superior, 1-locular, with 2 parietal placentae, rarely almost 2-locular owing to the intrusive placentae; ovules numerous. Fruit a septicidal capsule.
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(L.) Huds.
Main Synonym :
Gentiana perfoliata L.
Yellow-Wort Ċentawrija safra Mar-Jun Normal Profile 11
Rafn
Main Synonym :
Erythraea centaurium Borkh.
Common Centaury, Ċentawrija kbira, Mar-May Normal Profile 11
(Sw.) Druce
Main Synonym :
Erythraea pulchellum
Lesser Centaury, Ċentawrija żgħira Apr-May Normal Profile 11
(Hoffmanns. & Link) Fritsch
Main Synonym :
Erythraea pulchellum var. tenuiflorum
Slender Centaury Ċentawrija rqiqa Apr-Jun Normal Profile 12
(L.) G.Mans.
Main Synonym :
Gentiana spicata L. Centaurium spicatum (L.) Fritsch
Spiked Centaury Ċentawrija tal-virga Apr-Jul Normal Profile 11
GERANIACEAE Juss. ( Geranium Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Herbs, or rarely small shrubs with soft stems. Leaves stipulate, usually lobed or divided, and sometimes more or less compound. Flowers in cymes, umbels or spikes, 5-merous, actinomorphic or somewhat zygomorphic. Sepals 5, free; petals 5, free; stamens obdiplostemonous in two whorls of 5, some of them sometimes reduced to staminodes. Ovary superior, of 5 united carpels, separating in fruit into 5 1-seeded mericarps; styles united in flower, sometimes separating in fruit.
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Bech. & Thell.
Main Synonym :
Erodium romanum (Burm.f.) L'Hér.
Stemless Storkbill Maltese name not known Feb-May Normal Profile 0
Guss.
Main Synonym :
Erodium chium var. crassifolium
Alder-leaved storksbill Maltese name not known Feb-May Normal Profile 0
Willd.
Main Synonym :
Geranium murcicum Cav.
Mediterranean Storkbill Maltese name not known Feb-May Normal Profile 4
(L.) L'Hér.
Main Synonym :
Erodium viscosum Mill.
Sand Storkbill Maltese name not known Mar-Apr Normal Profile 0
(L.) L'Hér.
Main Synonym :
Geranium cicutarium L.
Common Storkbill Maltese name not known Jan-May Normal Profile 16
(Cav.) Willd.
Main Synonym :
Erodium chium var. laciniatum
Cut-leaved Storkbill, Moxt tar-ramel Mar-Jun Normal Profile 11
(L.) L'Hér.
Main Synonym :
Geranium malacoides L.
Mallow-Leaved Stork's Bill, Moxt Jan-Jun Normal Profile 10
(Burm.f.) L'Hér.
Main Synonym :
Geranium moschatum (L.) Burm.f.
Musk Stork's Bill, Ħaxixa tal-Misk Jan-Jun Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Geranium parviflorum Willd.
Cut-leaved Crane's Bill, Ġeranju tal-weraq bil-pizzi Feb-Apr Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Geranium villosum Ten.
Dove's foot Crane's Bill, Ġeranju tal-weraq artab, Jan-May Normal Profile 6
Viv.
Main Synonym :
Geranium robertianum subsp. purpureum Vill.
Little Robin, Ġeranju roża Feb-May Normal Profile 15
L.
Main Synonym :
Robertiella robertiana
Herb Robert, Maltese name not known Feb-May Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Geranium viscidulum Fr.
Round-Leaved Crane's Bill, Ġeranju tal-werqa tonda Jan-May Normal Profile 8
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L.H.Bailey
Main Synonym :
Pelargonium x hybridum
Garden Geranium Sardinell All Year Normal Profile 10
HALORAGACEAE R. Br. ( Water-milfoil Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Herbs with exstipulate leaves. Flowers hermaphrodite or unisexual. Sepals 0, 2 or 4, small. Petals 0, 2 or 4, often caducous. Stamens 2, 4 or 8, epipetalous; anthers basifixed, 2-locular. Ovary inferior, 1- to 4-locular, with 1 pendent, anatropous ovule in each loculus; styles 1-4, usually short; stigmas feathery or coarsely papillose. Fruit a drupe, or a schizocarp separating into 1-seeded nutlets.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Myriophyllum pectinatum DC.
Whorl-leaf Water-milfoil, Maltese name not known May-Jul Normal Profile 8
HYDROCHARITACEAE Juss. ( Tape Grass Family ) Subfamalies: Hydrocharitoideae; Thalassoideae; Halophiloideae Family Description: Submerged or floating aquatic herbs, sometimes marine. Leaves alternate, opposite or verticillate, sheathing at the base or with nodal scales. Flowers hermaphrodite or unisexual, 1 or more together in spathes composed of 1 or 2 free or connate bracts. Sepals 3. Petals 3 or 0. Stamens 2-15, free or connate at the base, occasionally some staminodal; filaments elongated or absent; anthers 2-thecous, opening by longitudinal slits. Ovary syncarpous, inferior, often attenuated into a filiform beak. ovules on parietal, sometimes intruded placentas; styles 3-15 Fruit dehiscing irregularly or splitting stellately into valves; seeds without endosperm; embryo straight.
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Asch.
Main Synonym :
Zostera stipulacea Forssk.
Halophila seagrass Ħalofila All Year Normal Profile 2
HYPERICACEAE Juss. ( Saint John's Wort Family ) Conservative synonym: Guttiferae Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Shrubs or herbs, with translucent glands containing essential oils and sometimes red or black glands containing hypericin. Leaves simple, opposite, or rarely in whorls of 3-4. Flowers actinomorphic. Sepals imbricate in bud. Petals free, contorted in bud. Stamens in fascicles or apparently indefinite. Ovary superior. Placentation axile or parietal. Seeds without endosperm.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Triadenia aegyptica (L.) Boiss.
Shrubby St. John's Wort, Fexfiex tal-irdum Dec-Jul Normal Profile 12
Ten.
Main Synonym :
Hypericum humifusum subsp. australe
Southern St John's-wort Maltese name not known Aug-Nov Normal Profile 0
Boiss.
Main Synonym :
Hypericum tomentosum L.
Pubescent St. John's Wort Fexfiex sufi Apr-Jul Normal Profile 7
Turra
Main Synonym :
Hypericum crispum L.
Wavy-leaved Saint John's Wort, Fexfiex tar-Raba Jun-Sep Detailed Profile 26
IRIDACEAE Juss. ( Iris Family ) Subfamalies: Iridoideae; Isophysidoideae; Crocoideae; Nivenioideae; Patersonioideae; Geosiridoideae; Aristeoideae Family Description: Herbaceous perennials, usually with a bulb, corm or rhizome. Leaves usually equitant, ensiform, occasionally linear. Inflorescence terminal, 1- to many-flowered. Perianth petaloid, 6-partite, radially or bilaterally symmetrical, usually with a hypanthial tube. Stamens 3, opposite the outer perianth-segments. Ovary inferior, usually 3-locular and with many ovules. Style 3-lobed, branches entire or divided, sometimes petaloid. Fruit a capsule.
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(Gasp.) N.E.Br.
Main Synonym :
Antholyza bicolor Gasp.
Red-and-green cobra lily, Kasmanti rqiqa, Feb-Apr Normal Profile 6
(Salisb.) N. E. Br.
Main Synonym :
Antholyza floribunda Salisb.
African Flag, Kasmanti kommuni Jan-Apr Normal Profile 22
Raf.
Main Synonym :
Crocus odorus Biv.
Yellow-throated Crocus Żagħfran selvaġġ skars Nov-Dec Detailed Profile 44
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J.Wright
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Red river Freesia, Friżja tal-ġonna Feb-Mar Normal Profile 14
(Thunb.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
Main Synonym :
Gladiolus laxus Thunb. Lapeirousia laxa (Thunb.) N.E.Br.
African Lapeyrousia Friżja irqiqa Feb-Apr Normal Profile 6
Klatt
Main Synonym :
Freesia muirii N.E.Br.
Leichtlin's Freesia Friżja selvaġġa kommuni Feb-Mar Normal Profile 4
(G.L.Mey.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
Main Synonym :
Freesia leichtlinii subsp. alba (G.L.Mey.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
White Freesia Friżja selvaġġa bajda Feb-Mar Normal Profile 13
L.
Main Synonym :
Gladiolus gussonei Lojac.
Eastern gladiolus, Ħabb il-qamħ tal-blat Mar-Apr Detailed Profile 15
Mill.
Main Synonym :
Gladiolus segetum Ker-Gawler
Field Gladiolus, Ħabb il-qamħ tar-raba Mar-Apr Detailed Profile 38
Lange
Main Synonym :
Iris madonna Sprenger
Cemetery Iris, Fjurduliż abjad Mar-May Normal Profile 10
L.
Main Synonym :
Xiphion foetidissimum Parl.
Stinking Iris, Fjurduliż tal-bosk, Mar-May Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Iris spectabilis Salisb.
German bearded Iris, Fjurduliż ikħal Mar-May Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Iris lutea Lam.
Yellow Iris, Fjurduliż tal-ilma, Apr-May Normal Profile 5
Tineo
Main Synonym :
Iris lutescens Guss.
Southern Dwarf Iris, Bellus Jan-Mar Detailed Profile 48
Tod.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Sicilian Iris Fjurduliż Sqalli Apr-May Normal Profile 17
Maxim.
Main Synonym :
Tectiris tectorum (Maxim.) M.B.Crespo, Mart.-Azorín & Mavrodiev
Japanes roof Iris, Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Xiphion vulgare Mill.
Spanish Iris Fjurduliż tal-ġonna Apr-May Normal Profile 6
Ker Gawl.
Main Synonym :
Gynandriris sisyrinchium Parl. Gynandriris sisyrinchium (L.) Parl.
Barbary Nut Iris Fjurduliż salvaġġ Apr-May Normal Profile 12
(L.) Sebast. & Mauri
Main Synonym :
Crocus bulbocodium L.
Mediterranean sand crocus Żagħfran tal-blat kbir Feb-Mar Detailed Profile 11
Sebast. & Mauri
Main Synonym :
Trichonema columnae Rchb.
Lesser sand crocus, Żagħfran tal-blat ċar, Feb-Mar Normal Profile 8
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Bég.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Maltese tufted sand crocus Zagħfran tal-blat ta' Malta mqanfed Feb-Mar Normal Profile 13
Ten.
Main Synonym :
Ixia ramiflora Ten.
Sand Crocus (branched) Żagħfran tal-blat skars Feb-Mar Normal Profile 13
Mifsud
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Maltese Sand Crocus Żagħfran tal-blat ta' Malta Feb-Apr Normal Profile 31
JUGLANDACEAE A. Rich ex Kunth ( Walnut Family ) Subfamalies: Engelhardioideae; Juglandoideae Family Description: Monoecious; deciduous trees with alternate, imparipinnate leaves. Male flowers in catkins borne on twigs of the previous year; perianth present or absent; stamens 3-40. Female flowers usually few, borne on twigs of the current year; perianth 3- to 5-lobed. Ovary inferior, unilocular or incompletely 2- or 4-celled; ovule 1. Fruit a drupe or nut.
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(Wangenh.) K.Koch
Main Synonym :
Carya illinoinensis Wangenh.
Pecan Nut Ġewża tal-Pekan Apr-May Normal Profile 12
L.
Main Synonym :
Juglans fallax Dode
Walnut Ġewża, Apr-May Normal Profile 5
JUNCACEAE Juss. ( Rush Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Herbs, usually perennial. Leaves long and narrow, with sheathing base, sometimes reduced to scales. Flowers actinomorphic, hermaphrodite, protogynous, usually crowded in monochasial cymes which are sometimes condensed into heads, or solitary. Perianth-segments 6, in 2 whorls. Stamens free, in (1-)2 whorls of 3. Ovary superior, 1- or 3-locular; stigmas 3; ovules 3 or numerous. Fruit a dehiscent, loculicidal capsule; seeds endospermic, often with a basal appendage.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Juncus multibracteatus Tineo ex Guss.
Sharp-Pointed Rush, Simar Lixx, Mar-Jun Normal Profile 12
L.
Main Synonym :
Juncus polycephalus D.Don ex Hook.
Jointed Rush, Simar Mar-May Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Juncus aletaiensis K.F.Wu
Toad Rush Simar żgħir Mar-May Normal Profile 7
Weigel
Main Synonym :
Juncus mutabilis Lam.
Dwarf Rush, Maltese name not known Mar-Apr Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Tristemon conglomeratus Raf.
Soft Rush, Maltese name not known Apr-May Normal Profile 0
Brot.
Main Synonym :
Juncus bufonius subsp. hybridus (Brot.) Arcang.
Hybrid Toad Rush Simar żgħir Mar-May Normal Profile 6
Lam.
Main Synonym :
Juncus ponticus Steven
Sea Rush Simar tal-baħar May-Jun Normal Profile 10
Parl.
Main Synonym :
Juncus bufonius subsp. sorrentinii
Sorrentini's Rush Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
Forssk.
Main Synonym :
Juncus multiflorus Desf.
Somerset Rush Simar tal-ilma May-Jun Normal Profile 16
JUNCAGINACEAE Rich. ( Arrow-grass Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Aquatic or marsh herbs; stems stout. Leaves basal, alternate, linear, sheathing at the base. Flowers hermaphrodite or unisexual, ebracteate, in pedunculate racemes or spikes. Perianth of 2-6 sepaloid segments. Stamens 3 or 6, often adnate at the base to the perianth-segments; anthers sessile, 2-thecous, opening by longitudinal slits. Carpels 3 or 6, free or connate, each with 1 ovule; styles short or stigmas sessile. Fruit apocarpous or syncarpous, the fruitlets separating when ripe; seeds with or without endosperm; embryo straight.
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Loisel.
Main Synonym :
Triglochin bulbosa subsp. barrelieri (Loisel) Rouy
Bulbous Arrowgrass Ħaxixa tal-baħar tar-rebbiegħa, Mar-Apr Normal Profile 5
Guss.
Main Synonym :
Triglochin bulbosa subsp. laxiflora (Guss.) Rouy
Lesser Arrowgrass, Ħaxixa tal-baħar tal-ħarifa, Sep-Nov Detailed Profile 39
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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(L.) Schreb.
Main Synonym :
Teucrium iva L.
Southern Bugle, Xantkura Mar-Nov Normal Profile 7
(Robill. & Castagne ex DC.) Briq.
Main Synonym :
Ajuga iva subsp. Pseudoiva Ajuga iva subsp. Pseudoiva
Yellow Southern Bugle, Xantkura safra Mar-Nov Normal Profile 7
(Sw.) Briq.
Main Synonym :
Ballota ruderalis Sw. Ballota nigra subsp. uncinata (Bég.) Patzak
Black Horehound, Marrubja sewda Oct-Apr Detailed Profile 51
(L.) Kuntze
Main Synonym :
Melissa nepeta L. Calamuntha nepeta (L.) Savi
Lesser Calamint, Kalaminta, Oct-Apr Detailed Profile 51
L.
Main Synonym :
Pollichia amplexicaulis (L.) Willd.
Henbit Dead Nettle, Kapilliera Feb-Apr Normal Profile 8
Mill.
Main Synonym :
Lavandula officinalis Chaix
Common Lavender, Spika tal-Kamla May-Sep Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Stoechas dentata Mill.
French Lavender, Spika Franċiża Jun-Nov Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Lavandula pinnatifida Webb
Fern-leaved Lavender, Spika tal-weraq maqtugħ, May-Sep Normal Profile 4
L.
Main Synonym :
Marrubium apulum Ten.
White Horehound, Marrubja bajda Apr-Jun Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Thymus melissa E.H.L.Krause
Balm, Nagħniegħ in-naħal, May-Jul Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Mentha adspersa Moench
Water Mint Nagħniegħ selvaġġ Apr-Jul Normal Profile 0
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L.
Main Synonym :
Mentha ×balsamea Willd.
Peppermint Nagħniegħ tas-seba' rwejjaħ Jul-Oct Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Mentha exigua L.
Peppermint, Plejju Apr-Jul Normal Profile 10
L.
Main Synonym :
Mentha viridis (L.) L.
Spear Mint Nagħniegħ, May-Aug Normal Profile 10
Ehrh.
Main Synonym :
Mentha rotundifolia (L.) Huds.
Round-leaved Mint Nagħniegħ Selvaġġ Apr-Jul Normal Profile 5
(L.) Benth. ex Rchb.
Main Synonym :
Satureja graeca L.
Greek Savory, Sagħtrija Griega Mar-Jul Normal Profile 6
Benth.
Main Synonym :
Satureja microphylla Guss.
Maltese savory, Xpakkapietra, Nov-May Normal Profile 15
L.
Main Synonym :
Ocimum album L.
Basil, Ħabaq Apr-Sep Normal Profile 3
L.
Main Synonym :
Dictamnus creticus Garsault
Dittany, Rieġnu ta' Ġnien il-kbir May-Sep Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Majorana hortensis Moench
Marjoram, Merqtux, May-Sep Normal Profile 10
L.
Main Synonym :
Majorana onites Benth.
White Marjoram, Riegnu abjad May-Sep Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Origanum floridum Salisb.
Oregano, Riegnu selvaġġ, May-Sep Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Phlomis latifolia Mill.
Great Sage, Salvja tal-Madonna Apr-Jun Normal Profile 7
(Lour.) Spreng.
Main Synonym :
Coleus amboinicus Lour.
Cuban oregano, Maltese name not known Feb-Jun Normal Profile 3
L.
Main Synonym :
Prasium minus L.
White Hedge-Nettle, Te` Sqalli Jan-May Normal Profile 14
L.
Main Synonym :
Rosmarinus angustifolius Mill.
Rosemary Klin All Year Normal Profile 12
Mill.
Main Synonym :
Salvia triloba L.f.
Three-lobed Sage Salvja ta' Sqallija May-Aug Normal Profile 15
L.
Main Synonym :
Salvia grandiflora Ten.
Common Sage Salvja tal-ikel May-Jul Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Salvia horminioides Pourr.
Wild Sage, Salvja selvaġġa, Dec-Mar Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Hesiodia romana (L.) Samp.
Common Siderits, Sideritis Mar-May Normal Profile 7
Briq.
Main Synonym :
Stachys hirta L.
Hairy Woundwort, Betonika Mar-Jun Normal Profile 10
L.
Main Synonym :
Chamaedrys flava Moench
Yellow Germander Borgħom komuni May-Jul Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Teucrium tomentosum Moench
Olive-leaved Germander, Żebbuġija Dec-Jun Normal Profile 12
(Schreb.) Arcang.
Main Synonym :
Teucrium scordioides Schreb.
Water Germander Borgħom tal-ilma Apr-Jun Normal Profile 8
(L.) Cav.
Main Synonym :
Thymbrus capitatus Hoffmanns. & Link
Mediterranean Thyme, Sagħtar May-Jul Normal Profile 20
L.
Main Synonym :
Vitex latifolia Mill.
Chaste Tree, Siġret il-virgi, Jun-Sep Normal Profile 15
LAURACEAE Juss. ( Laurel Family ) Subfamalies: Cassythoideae; Lauroideae Family Description: Trees or shrubs. Leaves evergreen, entire, gland-dotted, alternate. Dioecious, or flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous; flowers actinomorphic, small, greenish. Perianth deeply 4- to 6-lobed. Stamens usually in 4 whorls; anthers dehiscing by apically hinged valves. Ovary superior, 1-celled; style simple. Fruit a berry.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Laurus undulata Mill.
Bay Laurel, Siġra tar-rand, Feb-Apr Normal Profile 23
LILIACEAE Juss. ( Lily Family ) Subfamalies: Calochortoideae; Lilioideae; Medeoloideae Family Description: Perennial herbs, often with bulbs, corms, rhizomes or tuberous roots; sometimes climbers, rarely annuals or small shrubs. Flowers usually in racemes or panicles, more rarely solitary or in cymes or umbels, regular or slightly zygomorphic, usually hermaphrodite. Perianth of two whorls, each of (2-)3(-5) usually petaloid segments, free or variously connate. Stamens usually as many as perianth-segments, free or connate. Ovary 3-locular, superior (very rarely 1-locular or semi-inferior); styles 1 or 3(-5). Fruit a loculicidal or septicidal capsule or a berry.
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Stapf in Turrill
Main Synonym :
Tulipa sylvestris subsp. australis (Link) Pamp.
Cyprus Tulip Tulipan ta Ċipru Mar-Apr Normal Profile 6
(Link) Pamp.
Main Synonym :
Tulipa australis Link.
Southern Tulip, Tulipan selvaġġ Mar-Apr Normal Profile 6
LINACEAE S.F. Gray ( Flax Family ) Subfamalies: Linoideae; Hugonioideae Family Description: Herbs or small shrubs. Leaves exstipulate, simple, entire. Inflorescence cymose. Flowers 4- or 5-merous, actinomorphic. Sepals free; petals usually free (sometimes joined at base); fertile stamens in one whorl, sometimes with a whorl of staminodes. Ovary superior, usually 8- or 10-celled. Styles usually free. Fruit a loculicidal capsule; seeds usually 1 in each loculus.
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Mill.
Main Synonym :
Linum angustifolium Huds.
Pale Flax Kittien ikħal Apr-May Normal Profile 8
Desf.
Main Synonym :
Linum gomezii Sennen & Mauricio
Ascending Flax Kittien aħmar Apr-May Normal Profile 3
Desf.
Main Synonym :
Linum rubrum Raf.
Scarlet Flax, Maltese name not known Apr-Oct Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Linum sessiliflorum Lam.
Upright Flax, Kittien tal-imħarbat Mar-May Normal Profile 12
L.
Main Synonym :
Linum gallicum L.
Southern Flax, Kittien isfar irqiq Mar-May Normal Profile 12
L.
Main Synonym :
Linum humile Mill.
Common Flax, Kittien Mar-May Normal Profile 14
LYTHRACEAE Jaume St.-Hil ( Loosestrife Family ) Subfamalies: Lythroideae; Punicoideae; Sonneratioideae; Duabangoideae; Trapoideae Family Description: Herbs (non-European genera include trees and shrubs). Leaves simple, entire; stipules minute or absent. Flowers hermaphrodite, regular, perigynous, 4- to 6-merous, solitary or in small cymes or clusters in the leaf-axils, rarely in terminal spikes. Hypanthium pelviform to cylindrical. Epicalyx often present. Petals free, pink or purple, inserted on lip of hypanthium; sometimes 0. Stamens 2-12, inserted on tube of hypanthium. Ovary superior, 2- or 4-locular; style single; stigma capitate. Fruit a capsule; seeds numerous.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Salicaria hyssopifolia Lam.
Grass-Poly, Litrum tal-għadajjar Mar-May Normal Profile 13
Banks ex Sol.
Main Synonym :
Lythrum graefferi Ten.
Creeping Loosestrife, Litrum tal-ilma Mar-May Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Punica nana L.
Pomegranate Rummiena May-Jun Normal Profile 15
MALVACEAE Juss. ( Mallow Family ) Subfamalies: Bombacoideae; Brownlowioideae; Byttnerioideae; Dombeyoideae; Grewioideae; Helicteroideae; Malvoideae; Sterculioideae; Tilioideae Family Description: Herbs, shrubs or small trees with simple (but sometimes deeply palmatisect), alternate, stipulate leaves. Flowers regular, hermaphrodite. Bracteoles usually present immediately below the calyx, forming an epicalyx. Sepals 5, united at the base; petals 5, free or united slightly at the base. Stamens numerous, the filaments united for most of their length to form a tube which surrounds the ovary and styles. Ovary superior, of 4 or more (usually numerous) carpels; styles usually free. Fruit a schizocarp or a loculicidal capsule.
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Medik.
Main Synonym :
Abutilon avicennae Gaertn.
Velvetleaf, Maltese name not known Jul-Nov Normal Profile 3
L.
Main Synonym :
Alcea ficifolia Nyman
Common Hollyhock, Bastun ta' San Ġuzepp Apr-Jun Normal Profile 11
(Schott & Endl.) R. Br.
Main Synonym :
Sterculia diversifolia G.Don
Kurrajong Maltese name not known Apr-Jun Normal Profile 11
(A.St.-Hil. A.Juss. & Cambess.) Ravenna
Main Synonym :
Chorisia speciosa A.St.-Hil., A.Juss. & Cambess.
Floss-silk Tree Maltese name not known Jun-Sep Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Gossypium stocksii Mast.
Levant Cotton, Qotton Malti Jul-Sep Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Gossypium mexicanum Tod.
American Cotton, Qotton ta' Gallipoli Jun-Sep Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Hibiscus festalis Salisb.
Rose of China, Babiskuwa May-Nov Normal Profile 8
(Andrews) G.Don
Main Synonym :
Hibiscus patersonii R.Br.
Primrose Tree, Lagunarja Apr-Jul Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Malva pedunculata Raf.
Hairy Mallow Maltese name not known Apr-Jun Normal Profile 0
Cav.
Main Synonym :
Malope ciliata F.Dietr.
Annual Malope, Maltese name not known Apr-Jul Normal Profile 0
(L.) Webb & Berthel.
Main Synonym :
Lavatera veneta Mill. Lavatera arborea L.
Tree Mallow Ħobbejża tas-siġra Feb-May Normal Profile 7
Cav.
Main Synonym :
Althaea hirsuta Sieber ex Steud.
Mediterranean Mallow Ħobbejża tat-toroq Mar-Jun Normal Profile 12
(Cav.) Soldano, Banfi & Galasso
Main Synonym :
Malva pseudolavatera Webb & Berthel. Lavatera cretica L.
Cornish Mallow, Ħobbejża wieqfa Feb-May Normal Profile 9
All.
Main Synonym :
Malva montana Forssk.
Southern Mallow, Ħobbejża mitfija Mar-Jun Normal Profile 2
L.
Main Synonym :
Malva microcarpa Pers.
Least Mallow, Ħobbejża tal-warda żgħira Mar-Jun Normal Profile 11
K.F.Schimp. & Spenn.
Main Synonym :
Althaea mutica J.Gay ex Ball Althaea hirsuta L.
Hispid Marshmallow, Ħobbejża sufija Mar-May Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Malva hirsuta Aubl.
Common Mallow Ħobbejża tar-raba, Feb-May Normal Profile 10
(L.) Salisb.
Main Synonym :
Stegia lavatera DC. Lavatera trimestris L.
Rose Mallow, Ħobbejża tal-warda kbira Apr-Jun Normal Profile 15
(Cav.) Kearney
Main Synonym :
Sphaeralcea umbellata G.Don
Mexican Bush Mallow Maltese name not known Mar-Jun Normal Profile 2
MIMOSACEAE R. Br. ( Acacias Family ) Recently placed in the Fabaceae family Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Description text for this family is under progress and unavailable at the moment ...
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A.Cunn. ex G.Don
Main Synonym :
Acacia eglandulosa DC.
Western Coastal Wattle, Akaċja tal-Għajn Mar-May Normal Profile 10
A.Gray
Main Synonym :
Racosperma koa (A.Gray) Pedley
Hawaiian Wattle, Akaċja tal-Hawajj Mar-May Normal Profile 4
Benth.
Main Synonym :
Racosperma pycnanthum (Benth.) Pedley
Golden wattle Akaċja tal-werqa dejqa Mar-May Normal Profile 0
(Labill.) Wendl.
Main Synonym :
Acacia cyanophylla Lindl.
Blue-leaved Acacia, Akaċja, Mar-May Normal Profile 11
Durazz.
Main Synonym :
Acacia julibrissin (Durazz.) Willd.
Silk Tree, Maltese name not known Jun-Sep Normal Profile 7
(Lam.) de Wit
Main Synonym :
Leucaena glauca Benth.
Lead Tree, Gażżija Bajda, Jun-Oct Normal Profile 7
(Vent.) I.C.Nielsen
Main Synonym :
Albizia lophantha (Vent.) Benth.
Cape Leeuwin Wattle, Maltese name not known Dec-Apr Normal Profile 8
(L.) Wight & Arn.
Main Synonym :
Mimosa farnesiana L. Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd.
Sweet Acacia Gażżija tax-xewk żgħir, Mar-May Normal Profile 7
(Hayne) Banfi & Galasso
Main Synonym :
Mimosa reticulata L. Acacia karoo Hayne
Karroo Thorn, Gażżija tax-xewk kbir, Mar-May Normal Profile 12
MORACEAE Link ( Mulberry Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Trees or shrubs with latex. Monoecious or dioecious. Leaves alternate (rarely opposite); stipules caducous. Flowers usually densely spicate, capitate or enclosed in a fleshy, urceolate receptacle. Flowers with 3- or 4-partite perianth. Male flowers with 3 or 4 stamens opposite the perianth-segments. Female flowers with ovary 1- or 2-locular, superior; styles 1(2). Ovule anatropous or campylotropous. Fruit a drupelet often surrounded by the fleshy perianth; drupelets often crowded into syncarps.
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(L.) Vent.
Main Synonym :
Morus papyrifera L.
Paper Mulberry Maltese name not known Mar-Apr Normal Profile 10
Lour.
Main Synonym :
Ficus oligodon Miq. Ficus macrophylla Roxb. & Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.
Moreton Bay fig Fikus taz-zokk kbir May-Jun Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Ficus carica var. domestica Czern. & Rav.
Fig tree, Tina, May-Jun Normal Profile 4
Roxb. ex Hornem.
Main Synonym :
Ficus elastica var. decora Guillaumin
Indian Rubber Tree, Maltese name not known May-Jun Normal Profile 8
Warb.
Main Synonym :
Ficus pandurata Sander
Fiddle leaf fig, Fikus tal-werqa mżaqqa, May-Jun Normal Profile 4
L. f.
Main Synonym :
Ficus nitida Thumb.
Chinese Banyan Tree Fikus tat-toroq May-Jun Normal Profile 4
Desf. ex Vent.
Main Synonym :
Ficus leichhardtii Miq.
Rusty-leaved fig, Fikus tal-werqa msadda May-Jun Normal Profile 8
F.M.Bailey
Main Synonym :
Ficus australis Willd. Ficus australis Willd.
Hairless Port Jackson fig Fikus tal-Awstralja May-Jun Normal Profile 7
(Raf.) C.K.Schneid.
Main Synonym :
Toxylon pomiferum Raf.
Osage Orange Maltese name not known Jul-Oct Normal Profile 11
L.
Main Synonym :
Morus intermedia Perr.
White Mulberry Ċawsla, Apr-May Normal Profile 19
L.
Main Synonym :
Morus siciliana Mill.
Black Mulberry Tuta, Apr-May Normal Profile 7
MYRTACEAE Juss. ( Myrtle Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Evergreen trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, usually opposite, exstipulate, with aromatic oil-glands. Flowers hermaphrodite, actinomorphic. Calyx and corolla 4- or 5-merous. Stamens numerous. Ovary inferior, syncarpous, with axile placentation; fruit a berry or capsule.
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Dehnh.
Main Synonym :
Eucalyptus acuminata Hook.
Red Gum Eucalyptus, Ewkaliptus, Jun-Oct Normal Profile 4
DC.
Main Synonym :
Eucalyptus gomphocephala var. rhodoxylon Blakely & H.Steedman
Tuart Tree Ewkaliptus, Jun-Oct Normal Profile 16
F. Muell.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Blue Gum, Ewkaliptus, Jun-Oct Normal Profile 5
(Curtis) Dum.Cours.
Main Synonym :
Callistemon citrinus Skeels
Crimson Bottlebrush, Maltese name not known Jun-Jul Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Myrtus latifolia Raf.
Common Myrtle, Riħan May-Jun Normal Profile 15
(L.) Nyman
Main Synonym :
Myrtus tarentina (L.) Mill.
Tarentum Myrtle Riħan tal-werqa żgħira, May-Aug Normal Profile 8
NYCTAGINACEAE Juss. ( Four o'clock Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Herbs, shrubs or woody climbers, often with swollen nodes. Leaves simple, entire, exstipulate. Flowers solitary or in small, terminal umbels (rarely in whorls), subtended by bracts which often simulate a perianth. Perianth petaloid, tubular, with a short, 5-lobed limb; lower part of tube persistent and concrescent with the fruit to form an achene-like anthocarp. Stamens usually 3-5. Ovary superior, 1-celled, containing a single ovule.
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Choisy
Main Synonym :
Bougainvillea rubicunda Schott ex Rohrb.
Lesser Bougainvillea, Buganvilla żgħira Feb-Oct Normal Profile 4
Willd.
Main Synonym :
Bougainvillea brasiliensis Raeusch.
Bougainvillea Buganvilla Feb-Oct Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Mirabilis odorata L.
Four o'clock Flower, Ħummejr Jan-Oct Normal Profile 8
NYMPHAEACEAE Salisb. ( Water Lilies Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Perennial, rhizomatous, aquatic herbs. Leaves broadly ellipticovate to orbicular, with a deep basal sinus, glabrous in European plants. Flowers solitary, hermaphrodite, actinomorphic. Perianth-segments free, numerous, the outer 4-6 more or less clearly differentiated as sepals, the remainder petaloid. Stamens numerous, the outer often petaloid. Carpels 8 or more; ovary superior to semi-inferior; ovules 1 to numerous, scattered all over the inner wall of the ovary. Fruit a rather dry berry.
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Lat.-Marl.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Marlia's Waterlily Warda tal-ilma ta' Marlia Jun-Sep Normal Profile 8
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Water Lily species Warda tal-ilma Jun-Sep Normal Profile 9
OLEACEAE Juss. ( Olive Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Usually glabrous trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, rarely alternate, exstipulate. Flowers hermaphrodite, rarely unisexual, 4- (5-) to 6-merous, actinomorphic. Calyx campanulate, often small. Corolla sympetalous or polypetalous, rarely absent. Stamens 2, often inserted on the corolla-tube. Ovary superior, 2-locular; style usually short or absent; ovules usually 2 in each loculus. Fruit a loculicidal capsule, a samara, a drupe or a berry; seeds 1-4.
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Vahl
Main Synonym :
Fraxinus oxycarpa Willd.
Narrow-leaved Ash Fraxxnu, Mar-Apr Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Jasminum trifoliatum Moench
Azores Jasmine Maltese name not known Jul-Oct Normal Profile 4
L.
Main Synonym :
Olea racemosa Gouan
Olive Siġra taż-Żebbuġ, Mar-May Normal Profile 33
(Hoffmanns. & Link) Negodi
Main Synonym :
Olea europaea var. sylvestris (Mill.) Lehr
Wild Olive Żebbuġa selvaġġa, Mar-May Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Olea latifolia Salisb.
Mock Privet, Olivastru tal-werqa wiesgħa, Mar-May Normal Profile 0
ONAGRACEAE Juss. ( Evening Primrose Family ) Subfamalies: Ludwigioideae; Onagroideae Family Description: Herbs or shrubs. Flowers hermaphrodite, actinomorphic or weakly zygomorphic. Hypanthial tube ('calyx-tube') often present. Sepals 2, 4 or 5; petals 0, 2, 4 or 5. Stamens 2 or 4 in 1 whorl, or 8 or 10 in 2 whorls; pollen connected in masses by fine threads. Style 1; ovary inferior, 1-, 2-, 4- or 5-locular. Fruit a capsule, a berry or dry and indehiscent; seeds without endosperm.
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(Schreb.) Schreb.
Main Synonym :
Epilobium molle Lam.
Hoary Willowherb, Maltese name not known Apr-Oct Normal Profile 0
(Michalet) H.Lév.
Main Synonym :
Epilobium adnatum Griseb.
Square-stalked Willowherb Epilobju Apr-Oct Normal Profile 10
ORCHIDACEAE Juss. ( Orchid Family ) Subfamalies: Apostasioideae; Cypripedioideae; Epidendroideae; Orchidoideae; Vanilloideae Family Description: Perennial herbs with rhizomes, vertical stock or tuberous roots, terrestrial, sometimes saprophytic, usually with mycorrhiza. Stems sometimes swollen at base to form pseudobulbs. Leaves entire, spirally arranged or distichous, rarely subopposite, reduced to scales or sheaths in saprophytes. Inflorescence a spike or raceme. Flowers zygomorphic, epigynous, usually hermaphrodite. Perianth-segments 6, in 2 whorls; median inner segment (labellum) usually larger and of different shape from the others, usually directed downwards owing to the ovary or the pedicel twisting through 180, often with basal spur. Anthers and stigma borne on a column formed from fused filaments and style; stamens 1, rarely 2, with sessile or subsessile, 2-locular anthers behind or at the summit of the column; pollen-grains single or in tetrads, bound by elastic threads in packets (pollinia) which may be narrowed into a sterile, stalk-like caudicle. Ovary inferior, 1-locular, with parietal placentation, rarely 3-locular; stigmas 3, all fertile, or with the median sterile and often consisting of a beak-like process (rostellum) between the anthers and fertile stigmas; rostellum often forming 1 or 2 viscid bodies (viscidia) to which the pollinia are attached; viscidia sometimes enclosed in 1(2), simple or 2-lobed, membranous, pocket-like outgrowths (bursicles) of the rostellum. Fruit a capsule, dehiscing by 3 or 6 longitudinal slits; seeds numerous, minute, with undifferentiated embryo and no endosperm.
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(Banks & Sol.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
Main Synonym :
Orchis collina Banks & Sol.
Fan-Lipped Orchid, Orkida ħamra Feb-Mar Detailed Profile 53
(Pollini) R.M.Bateman
Main Synonym :
Orchis fragrans Pollini
Scented Bug Orchid, Orkida tfuħ Apr-May Normal Profile 14
(Poir.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
Main Synonym :
Orchis longicornu Poir.
Horned Orchid, Orkida tal-qrun Feb-Apr Normal Profile 2
(L.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
Main Synonym :
Orchis morio L.
Green-winged Orchid Orkida tal-elmu Feb-Apr Normal Profile 0
(L.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
Main Synonym :
Orchis papilionacea L.
Pink Butterfly Orchid Farfett Mar-Apr Normal Profile 3
(L.) Rich
Main Synonym :
Orchis pyramidalis L.
Pyramidal Orchid Orkida piramidali May-Jun Detailed Profile 31
(Sommier & Caruana Gatto) Landwehr
Main Synonym :
Anacamptis urvilleana Sommier & Caruana Gatto Anacamptis urvilleana Sommier & Caruana Gatto
Maltese Pyramidal Orchid Orkida piramidali ta' Malta Feb-Mar Normal Profile 18
(Loisel.) P.Delforge
Main Synonym :
Barlia robertiana (Loiseleur) Greuter
Giant Orchid Orkida kbira Jan-Feb Detailed Profile 37
(Poir.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
Main Synonym :
Orchis lactea Poir.
Milky Orchid Orkida bajda tat-tikek Feb-Mar Normal Profile 5
(Desfontaines) Stearn
Main Synonym :
Orchis intacta Link.
Dense-flowered Orchid Orkida rqiqa Mar Normal Profile 3
Hudson
Main Synonym :
Ophrys arachnites Miller
Bee Orchid Naħla, Apr Normal Profile 4
Moretti
Main Synonym :
Ophrys romolini R.Soca
Bertoloni's Bee Orchid, Dubbiena ta' Bertoloni, Mar-Apr Normal Profile 6
Link
Main Synonym :
Ophrys tabanifera Willd.
Bumble-Bee Orchid Brimba griża Mar Detailed Profile 38
(Mifsud) Mifsud
Main Synonym :
Ophrys bombyliflora var. parviflora Mifsud
Small-flowered Bumble-Bee Orchid Brimba griża żgħira Mar Normal Profile 9
P.Delforge
Main Synonym :
Ophrys gazella G.Foelsche & W.Foelsche
Maltese Brown Orchid Dubbiena bikrija ta' Malta Feb-Mar Detailed Profile 60
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Mifsud
Main Synonym :
Ophrys melitensis x tenthredinifera
Gozitan Bee orchid, Dubbiena ta' Għawdex Mar Normal Profile 3
Bianca
Main Synonym :
Ophrys sphegodes subsp. atrata (Rchb.f.) A.Bolòs
Spider orchid Brimba tal-ġwienaħ Mar-Apr Detailed Profile 4
(P.Delforge) Kreutz
Main Synonym :
Ophrys lojaconoi P.Delforge
Lojaconoi's Rainbow Bee Orchid Dubbiena ta' Lojakono, Mar-Apr Normal Profile 3
(Paulus, C.Alibertis & A.Alibertis) Kreutz
Main Synonym :
Ophrys iricolor subsp. hospitalis (P.Delforge) Mifsud & L.Lewis
Cretan Rainbow Bee Orchid Dubbiena ta' Kreta Dec-Feb Detailed Profile 63
(Devillers-Tersch. & Devillers) Paulus & Gack
Main Synonym :
Ophrys vallesiana Devillers-Tersch. & Devillers
Valles' Rainbow Bee Orchid Dubbiena ta' Tuneż, Mar-Apr Normal Profile 5
Lojacono
Main Synonym :
Ophrys fuciflora subsp. lacaitae (Lojac.) Soó
Yellow Spider Orchid, Brimba safra Apr Normal Profile 2
Parl.
Main Synonym :
Ophrys aranifera subsp. lunulata (Parl.) E.G.Camus
Moon Spider Orchid, Brimba tal-qamar, Mar-Apr Normal Profile 2
Devillers-Tersch. & Devillers
Main Synonym :
Ophrys fusca subsp. luperclaes (Devillers-Tersch. & Devillers) Kreutz
Lupercales Bee Orchid, Dubbiena tax-xitwa, Jan-Feb Normal Profile 5
(Gouan) Cav.
Main Synonym :
Ophrys insectifera var. lutea Gouan
Yellow bee orchid Żunżana safra l-kbira Mar-Apr Normal Profile 6
(Devillers-Tersch. & Devillers) Melki
Main Synonym :
Ophrys phyrganae Devillers-Tersch. & Devillers
Phyrgana Yellow Bee Orchid Żunżana safra tal-frigana Mar-Apr Normal Profile 8
(Tineo) Soldano
Main Synonym :
Ophrys lutea subsp. galilaea (H.Fleischm. & Bornm.) Soó
Sicilian Yellow Bee Orchid, Żunżana safra ż-żgħira Mar-Apr Normal Profile 2
(Salkowski) Devillers-Tersch. & Devillers
Main Synonym :
Ophrys sphegodes subsp. melitensis Salkowski
Maltese Spider Orchid Brimba s-sewda, Mar-May Detailed Profile 48
(Bartolo & Pulv.) Galesi, Cristaudo & Maugeri
Main Synonym :
Ophrys calliantha Bartolo & Pulvirenti
Elegant Spider Orchid Brimba tal-fjuri sbieħ Apr Normal Profile 3
Todaro
Main Synonym :
Ophrys fuciflora subsp. oxyrrhynchos (Tod.) Soó
Beaked Spider Orchid, Brimba ta' Sqallija Mar-Apr Normal Profile 6
Sennen
Main Synonym :
Ophrys sphegodes subsp. passionis (Sennen) Sanz & Nuet
Passion-of-Christ Spider Orchid, Brimba tal-Passjoni ta' Kristu Apr Normal Profile 2
Link
Main Synonym :
Ophrys ciliata Bivona-Bernardi
Mirror Orchid, Dubbiena kaħla, Mar-Apr Normal Profile 10
(Ten.) Kreutz
Main Synonym :
Ophrys grandiflora Ten.
Large-flowered Sawfly Orchid, Naħla kbira Mar-Apr Normal Profile 5
Willdenow
Main Synonym :
Ophrys tenoreana Lindley
Sawfly bee orchid, Naħla kbira bikrija Jan-Feb Normal Profile 0
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Mifsud
Main Synonym :
Ophrys pectus Raf.
Breasted Bee orchid, Dubbiena ta' sidirha kbir Jan-Mar Normal Profile 8
Poiret
Main Synonym :
Orchis undulatifolia Bivona
Naked Man Orchid, Ħajja u mejta tal-werqa Fdewxa, Mar-May Normal Profile 7
E.G. Camus
Main Synonym :
Serapias vomeracea subsp. laxiflora (Soó) Gölz & H.R.Reinhard
Eastern Ploughshare, Orkida tal-Ilsien tal-Lvant Mar-Apr Normal Profile 4
L.
Main Synonym :
Serapias ovalis Rich.
Heart-flowered Tongue Orchid, Orkida tal-qalb Mar-Apr Normal Profile 2
L.
Main Synonym :
Serapias columnae (Rchb.f.) H.Fleischm.
Tongue Orchid, Orkida tal-ilsien Mar-Apr Normal Profile 2
Parl.
Main Synonym :
Serapias lingua subsp. parviflora (Parl.) Kraenzl.
Small-flowered Tongue Orchid, Orkida tal-ilsien iż-żgħira, Mar-Apr Normal Profile 6
(Burmann f.) Briquet
Main Synonym :
Serapias longipetala (Ten.) Pollini
Long-lipped Tongue Orchid, Orkida tal-ilsien il-kbira Mar-Apr Normal Profile 2
Chevall.
Main Synonym :
Spiranthes autumnalis (Balb.) Rich.
Autumn Lady's Tresses Ħajja u mejta tal-ħarifa Oct-Nov Detailed Profile 28
OROBANCHACEAE Vent. ( 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.
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C. Presl
Main Synonym :
Orobanche flavidiflora Guss.
Yellow Broomrape Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
Sm.
Main Synonym :
Orobanche vulgaris Poir.
Bedstraw Broomrape Maltese name not known Apr-May Normal Profile 0
Loefl.
Main Synonym :
Orobanche media Desf.
Drooping Broomrape Maltese name not known Apr-May Normal Profile 3
Pomel
Main Synonym :
Orobanche hesperina (J.A.Guim.) Beck
Glandular Broomrape Budebbus vjola u abjad Apr-May Normal Profile 0
Forssk.
Main Synonym :
Orobanche speciosa DC.
Bean Broomrape Budebbus tal-ful Mar-May Normal Profile 13
Duby
Main Synonym :
Orobanche stenantha Lojac.
Ivy Broomrape Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 5
Sm.
Main Synonym :
Orobanche barbata Poir.
Common Broomrape Maltese name not known Mar-Apr Normal Profile 7
F.Schulz
Main Synonym :
Orobanche loricata Rchb.
Ox-tongue Broomrape Budebbus isfar Mar-May Normal Profile 5
d' Urv.
Main Synonym :
Orobanche versicolor F.W.Schultz
Hairy Broomrape Budebbus muswaf, Mar-May Normal Profile 12
C. Presl
Main Synonym :
Orobanche crinita Viv. Orobanche densiflora var. melitensis Sommier
Bloody Broomrape Budebbus demmi Mar-May Normal Profile 7
(Rchb.) Pomel
Main Synonym :
Kopsia lavandulacea (Rchb.) Caruel Orobanche lavendulacea Rchb.
Lavender Broomrape, Budebbus vjola, Mar-May Normal Profile 9
(F.W.Schultz) Pomel
Main Synonym :
Phelipanche mutelii (F.W. Schultz) Pomel
Dwarf Broomrape Budebbus tal-Ingliża qasir Mar-May Normal Profile 2
OXALIDACEAE R. Br. ( WoodSorrel Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Herbs, rarely small shrubs. Leaves usually compound. Flowers 5-merous, hermaphrodite, actinomorphic. Ovary superior, 5-locular; placentation axile. Fruit a capsule. Seeds with endosperm.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Oxalis micrantha Bertero ex Savi
Creeping Wood Sorrel, Ingliża żgħira Mar-Nov Normal Profile 8
Kunth
Main Synonym :
Oxalis corymbosa DC.
Pink Wood Sorrel Maltese name not known May-Oct Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Oxalis lybica Viv.
Bermuda Buttercup, Ħaxixa Ingliża, Dec-Apr Detailed Profile 46
L.
Main Synonym :
Oxalis fontana Bunge
Yellow Wood Sorrel, Ingliża Wieqfa Apr-Jul Detailed Profile 29
PAPAVERACEAE Juss. ( Poppy Family ) Subfamalies: Eschscholzioideae; Papaveroideae; Chelidonioideae Family Description: Herbs with or without latex. Leaves usually spirally arranged, variously dissected. Flowers hermaphrodite, actinomorphic or zygomorphic, hypogynous. Sepals 2(3), caducous. Petals 4-6. Stamens 2, 4 or numerous, whorled. Ovary superior, 1-celled, 2-celled or imperfectly many-celled; carpels 2 to many.
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Common Name
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Flowering Period
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L.
Main Synonym :
Chelidonium laciniatum Mill.
Greater Celandine Ħaxixa tal-felul Apr-Jun Normal Profile 7
Crantz
Main Synonym :
Glaucium luteum Crantz
Yellow Horned Poppy Peprin isfar Apr-Oct Normal Profile 11
Smith
Main Synonym :
Hypecoum grandiflorum Crantz
Beardless Hypecoum Maltese name not known Feb-Apr Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Hypecoum arcuatum Moench
Sickle-fruited Hypecoum Maltese name not known Feb-Apr Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Papaver rhoeas subsp. dubium
Long-headed Poppy peprin tal-frotta twila Mar-May Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Papaver hispidum Lam.
Rough poppy Peprin tal-Lanzit Mar-May Detailed Profile 36
Moris
Main Synonym :
Papaver rhoeas subsp. pinnatifidum
Mediterranean Poppy peprin tal-istammi sofor Feb-Apr Normal Profile 12
L.
Main Synonym :
Papaver aegadicum Lojac.
Red Poppy, Peprina ħamra Mar-Jun Detailed Profile 36
(DC.) Arcang.
Main Synonym :
Papaver setigerum DC.
Opium Poppy Xaħxieħ Vjola, Mar-May Detailed Profile 36
PASSIFLORACEAE Juss. ( Passion Flower Family ) Subfamalies: Malesherbioideae; Passifloroideae; Turneroideae Family Description: Herbaceous or woody climbers with axillary tendrils. Leaves alternate, usually stipulate. Flowers perigynous, usually hermaphrodite, actinomorphic. Hypanthium cup-shaped. Sepals usually 5, free or connate at base, often petaloid. Petals 5, usually free. Corona inserted on the rim of the hypanthium, composed of 1-2 rows of long filaments, 1 row of short filaments and a membrane partially closing the hypanthium. Stamens usually 5, alternating with the petals. Ovary superior, often on a long gynophore, unilocular, with 3(-5) parietal placentae; ovules numerous; stigmas 3-5. Fruit a berry or loculicidal capsule.
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Common Name
Maltese Name
Flowering Period
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L.
Main Synonym :
Granadilla coerulea Medik.
Passion Flower, Fjura tal-passjoni kaħla, Jun-Oct Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Passiflora murucuia Mill.
Leafy Passion Flower, Fjura tal-passjoni taj-Ġamajka May-Aug Normal Profile 3
1
Loiseleur-Deslongchamps
Main Synonym :
Passiflora racemosa × P. caerulea
Violet Passion flower Fjura tal-passjoni vjola May-Jun Normal Profile 6
PHYTOLACCACEAE R. Br. ( Pokeweed Family ) Subfamalies: Agdestioideae; Phytolaccoideae; Rivinioideae Family Description: Herbs, shrubs or trees with alternate, entire leaves. Flowers in racemes. Perianth-segments 5, free, persistent. Stamens hypogynous. Carpels united at least at the base (rarely free), each containing a single ovule.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Phytolacca decandra L.
American Pokeweed, Russett Jun-Dec Normal Profile 11
L.
Main Synonym :
Phytolacca arborea hort. ex Moq.
Ombu, Siġra tal-Qlalet, May-Aug Normal Profile 12
PINACEAE Lindl. ( Pine Family ) Subfamalies: Pinoideae; Piceoideae; Laricoideae; Abietoideae Family Description: Monoecious; resiniferous trees, rarely shrubs, with spirally arranged leaves. Flowers (cones) made up of numerous spirally arranged scales. Scales of male cones (microsporophylls) bearing 2 pollen-sacs on the lower surface. Scales of female cones (megasporophylls) made up of 2 parts - an upper ovuliferous scale (conescale) bearing 2 ovules on the upper surface, and a lower, subtending scale (bract). Fruit a usually woody cone. Seeds usually winged.
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Ten.
Main Synonym :
Pinus persica Strangw.
Calabrian Pine, Żnuber tal-Lvant All year Normal Profile 0
C.Sm. ex DC.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Canary Islands Pine Żnuber tal-gżejjer Kanarji All year Normal Profile 6
Mill.
Main Synonym :
Pinus maritima Mill.
Aleppo Pine, Żnuber, All year Normal Profile 18
Aiton
Main Synonym :
Pinus maritima Lam.
Maritime pine, Żnuber tal-kosta All year Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Pinus maderiensis Ten.
Stone Pine, Żnuber tal-ikel, All year Normal Profile 0
PITTOSPORACEAE R. Br. ( Pittosporum Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, usually entire, alternate, exstipulate. Flowers regular, usually hermaphrodite, solitary or in cymes. Sepals 5, imbricate; petals 5, imbricate, often connate by the claws; limb recurved or patent. Stamens 5, hypogynous, free. Ovary superior, with 2, rarely 3-5 carpels. Fruit a capsule or berry.
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Common Name
Maltese Name
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W.T.Aiton
Main Synonym :
Euonymus tobira Thunb.
Japanese Mock Orange, Pittosporum Jun-Aug Normal Profile 15
PLANTAGINACEAE Juss. ( 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.
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Common Name
Maltese Name
Flowering Period
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Mill.
Main Synonym :
Antirrhinum majus subsp. Siculum (Mill.) Maire
Sicilian Snapdragon, Papoċċi bojod, Nov-Jul Detailed Profile 32
Bosc ex Lam.
Main Synonym :
Antirrhinum majus subsp. tortuosum (Bosc ex Vent.) Rouy
Greater Snapdragon, Papoċċi ħomor Nov-Jul Detailed Profile 45
(L.) All.
Main Synonym :
Bartsia trixago L.
Mediterranean Lineseed, Perlina bajda Apr-May Normal Profile 8
(L.) Lange
Main Synonym :
Linaria minor (L.) Desf.
Dwarf Snapdragon, Maltese name not known Jun-Aug Normal Profile 0
G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Schreb.
Main Synonym :
Linaria cymbalaria (L.) Mill.
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Ċimbalarja Feb-May Normal Profile 9
(Bernh. ex Rchb.) Fritsch
Main Synonym :
Linaria commutata Bernh. ex Rchb.
Mediterranean Fluellen Xatbet l-art vjola May-Jun Normal Profile 5
(L.) Dumort.
Main Synonym :
Linaria elatine (L.) Mill.
Round-leaved Fluellen Xatbet l-art skars May-Aug Normal Profile 0
(L.) Dumort.
Main Synonym :
Linaria spuria (L.) Mill.
Round leaved Fluellen, Xetbet l-art safra Jun-Sep Detailed Profile 31
(L.) Mill.
Main Synonym :
Antirrhinum chalepensis
Mediterranean Toadflax Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
Lojac.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Maltese Toadflax Papoċċi ta' Malta, Mar-May Detailed Profile 34
(L.) Mill.
Main Synonym :
Antirrhinum triphyllum L.
Three-coloured Toadflax Papoċċi tat-tlett werqiet Feb-Apr Normal Profile 11
(Lange) Rothm.
Main Synonym :
Orontium calycinum Pers.
Pale Lesser Snapdragon, Papoċċi skars Mar-Jun Normal Profile 3
(L.) Raf.
Main Synonym :
Antirrhinum orontium (L.) Fourr.
Lesser Snapdragon, Papoċċi rqiq, Apr-Jul Detailed Profile 27
L.
Main Synonym :
Plantago psyllium L.
Glandular Plantain, Żerrigħet il-briegħed Jan-May Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Plantago velutina Poir.
Downy Plantain Maltese name not known Apr-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Plantago crassipes Borbás
Narrow-leaved Plantain Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Plantago pilosa Cav.
Hairy Plantain Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Plantago coronopifolia L.
Buck's horn Plantain Biżbula tal-baħar, Mar-Oct Normal Profile 10
Boiss.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
North-african plantain Maltese name not known Mar-Jun Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Plantago lusitanica L.
Mediterranean Plantain, Biżbula komuni Feb-May Normal Profile 11
L.
Main Synonym :
Plantago dubia L.
Ribwort Plantain Biżbula selvaġġa Mar-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Plantago minima DC.
Greater Plantain, Biżbula kbira Mar-Nov Normal Profile 11
L.
Main Synonym :
Plantago gracilis Poir.
Toothed Plantain Biżbula tas-snien Mar-May Normal Profile 14
Rchb.
Main Synonym :
Plantago coronopus subsp. Weldenii
Welden's Plantain Salib l-art Mar-Oct Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Pocilla agrestis (L.) Fourr.
Green Field Speedwell Maltese name not known Mar-Jun Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Veronica palustris Salisb.
Blue Water Speedwell Veronika tal-ilma Mar-Jun Normal Profile 11
L.
Main Synonym :
Veronica polygonoides Lam.
Wall Speedwell, Maltese name not known Feb-Apr Normal Profile 0
Bodard
Main Synonym :
Veronica cuneata Guss.
Pale Speedwell, Veronika bajda Feb-Apr Normal Profile 18
L.
Main Synonym :
Pocilla hederifolia Fourr.
Ivy-leaved Speedwell Veronika tal-weraq tal-liedna Jan-Apr Normal Profile 12
Tineo ex Guss.
Main Synonym :
Veronica cymbalaria var. panormitana
Palermo Speedwell Maltese name not known Jan-Apr Normal Profile 10
Poir.
Main Synonym :
Veronica buxbaumii Ten.
Common Field Speedwell, Maltese name not known Feb-Apr Normal Profile 6
Fr.
Main Synonym :
Veronica didyma Ten.
Grey-leaved Speedwell, Veronika żgħira Feb-Apr Normal Profile 8
PLUMBAGINACEAE Juss. ( Liverwort Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate or in basal rosettes, exstipulate. Inflorescence usually cymose, often contracted into a capitulum, rarely spike-like. Flowers actinomorphic, 5-merous, usually in bracteate spikelets. Calyx tubular below, dentate or lobed and at least slightly scarious and often plicate distally, persistent. Petals connate only at the base, or the corolla with a usually short tube. Stamens epipetalous. Styles 5, or 1 with 5 stigma-lobes. Ovary superior, 1-locular. Fruit dry, membranous, 1-seeded, surrounded by calyx, indehiscent or with circumscissile or irregular dehiscence.
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Common Name
Maltese Name
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Brullo
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Maltese Sea Lavender Limonju ta' Malta, Jun-Nov Normal Profile 13
(Rchb.) Pignatti
Main Synonym :
Limonium vulgare subsp. serotinum (Rchb.) Gams
Narbonne's Sea Lavander Limonju l-kbir, Jun-Nov Normal Profile 5
Mill.
Main Synonym :
Statice sinuata L.
English Statice Limonju tal-Ġonna Jun-Nov Normal Profile 10
(Willd.) Fourr.
Main Synonym :
Limonium oleifolium Mill.
Violet Sea Lavender, Limonju tal-baħar, Jun-Nov Normal Profile 4
Brullo
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Zerapha's Sea Lavender Limonju ta' Żerafa, Jun-Nov Normal Profile 13
Lam.
Main Synonym :
Plumbago capensis Thunb.
Cape Leadwort, Pjombini tal-ġonna, Apr-Nov Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Plumbago lapathifolia Willd.
European Plumbago, Pjombina selvaġġa May-Nov Normal Profile 6
POACEAE Barnhart ( Grass Family ) Conservative synonym: Gramineae Subfamalies: Arundinoideae; Anomochlooideae; Bambusoideae; Centothecoideae; Chloridoideae; Danthonioideae; Ehrhartoideae; Micrairoideae; Panicoideae; Pharoideae; Pooideae; Puelioideae Family Description: Annual or perennial herbs, or rarely woody, often with rhizomes or stolons. Flowering stems usually cylindrical, with hollow internodes and solid nodes, rarely solid throughout, with a meristem at the base of each internode. Leaves alternate, 2-ranked, consisting of sheath, ligule and lamina. Sheaths surrounding the stem, with free, overlapping, or connate margins, sometimes auriculate at the mouth. Ligule situated at the junction of sheath and lamina, usually membranous, sometimes a row of hairs or rarely absent. Lamina linear to filiform, rarely lanceolate to ovate, usually with more or less prominent, parallel ribs, usually constricted at the junction with the sheath, rarely shortly petiolate. Epidermis with long and short cells, some short cells usually filled with silica-bodies, others with corky walls; hairs of 2 kinds often present, macro-hairs which are stout, thick-walled, usually 1-celled, and micro-hairs which are microscopic and either slender or globose, usually 2-celled, with the distal cell thin walled. Flowers usually hermaphrodite, consisting of 1-3(-6) stamens and an ovary with usually 2 styles, the stamens subtended by (0-)2(-3) small, hyaline scales (lodicules), enclosed between usually 2 bract-like structures, the whole forming a floret. Florets 1-many, inserted alternately on 2 sides of a slender, jointed axis (rhachilla) and subtended by (0-)2(-3) bracts(glumes), the whole forming a spikelet. Lower bract of the floret (lemma) often with a dorsal or apical awn; upper bract (palea) usually membranous and 2-keeled, sometimes very small or absent. Lemma with a thickened, sometimes elongate and pungent base (callus). Ovary 1-locular, superior; ovule 1, attached on the adaxial side of the loculus, to a point or line visible in fruit as the hilum. Fruit (grain) a caryopsis or rarely with a free, membranous pericarp.
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Common Name
Maltese Name
Flowering Period
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Roth
Main Synonym :
Triticum vagans (Jord. & Fourr.) Greuter
Goat Grass, Brimba Mar-Jun Normal Profile 7
(L.) Trin. ex Thwaites
Main Synonym :
Dactylis lagopoides L.
Cat's foot grass Sieq il-qattus Apr-Jun Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Agrostis alba subsp. stolonifera (L.) V. Jirásek
Creeping Bent, Maltese name not known Apr-Jul Normal Profile 0
Guss.
Main Synonym :
Avena cupaniana Nyman
Southern Hairgrass, Ħaxixa rqiqa ta' Kupani Mar-May Normal Profile 5
Willd. ex Gaudin
Main Synonym :
Aira elegans subsp. ambigua (Asch.) Dogan
Mediterranean Hairgrass, Ħaxixa Irqiqa fiddinija Mar-May Normal Profile 0
Huds.
Main Synonym :
Alopecurus agrestis L.
Slender Foxtail Denb il-Ġurdien it-twil Mar-May Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Alopecurus pratensis subsp. pseudonigricans O. Schwarz
Meadow Foxtail Denb il-Ġurdien Mar-Jun Normal Profile 0
(L.) Link
Main Synonym :
Ammophila arundinaceae Host Ammophila littoralis (P. Beauv.) Rothm.
Marram Grass Qasba tar-ramel, Apr-Jun Normal Profile 0
(Poir.) T. Durand & Schinz
Main Synonym :
Arundo mauritanica Poir.
Mauritanian Grass, Dis Apr-Jun Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Pollinia distachya Spreng.
Bluestem Grass Barrum aħmar Mar-Jun Normal Profile 6
Bivon.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Slender Vernal Grass Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Anthoxanthum nebrodense Lojac.
Sweet Vernal Grass, Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Arundo scriptoria L.
Great Reed, Qasba, Sep-Dec Normal Profile 19
Turra
Main Synonym :
Arundo mediterranea Danin
False Reed Għaljun Sep-Dec Normal Profile 6
(Link) Valdés & H. Scholz
Main Synonym :
Avellinia michelii (Savi) Parl.
Michel's Grass Maltese name not known Feb-Jun Normal Profile 0
Pott ex Link
Main Synonym :
Avena hirsuta Roth
Barbed Oat, Ħafur żgħir Feb-Jun Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Avena sativa subsp. fatua (L.) Thell.
Common Wild Oat Ħafur tal-Ewropa Mar-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Avena orientalis Schreb.
Oat Ħafur tal-egħlieqi Mar-May Normal Profile 6
(C. Presl) H. Scholz
Main Synonym :
Avena altherantha C. Presl
Sterile oat, Ħafur kbir rari Feb-Jun Normal Profile 0
(Durieu) M.Gillet & Magne
Main Synonym :
Avena ludoviciana Durieu
Ludovic's Sterile Oat, Ħafur kbir ta' Ludovik Feb-Jun Normal Profile 3
L.
Main Synonym :
Avena macrocarpa Moench
Animated Oat Ħafur kbir Feb-Jun Normal Profile 4
Schrad. ex J.C.Wendl.
Main Synonym :
Arundarbor fera Kuntze
Common Bamboo, Bambu, ? Normal Profile 8
(L.) Keng
Main Synonym :
Andropogon ischaemum L.
Yellow Blue Stem Grass Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
(L.) P. Beauv.
Main Synonym :
Trachynia distachya (L.) Link
Trachynia Grass Għomma żgħira Apr-Jun Normal Profile 2
Catalán, Joch.Müll., Hasterok & G.Jenkins
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Hybridous Mediterranean False Brome Pinna bagħal, Jan-Jun Normal Profile 12
P.Beauv.
Main Synonym :
Bromus retusus Pers.
Mediterranean False Brome Pinna, Jan-Jun Normal Profile 8
P.Beauv.
Main Synonym :
Festuca sylvatica Huds.
False Brome, Bunixxief tad-dell Apr-Jun Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Macrobriza maxima (L.) Tzvelev
Quaking Grass Beżżulett il-Qattusa, Mar-May Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Briza virens L.
Pearl Grass Beżżulett il-Qattusa żgħira Mar-May Normal Profile 0
Poir.
Main Synonym :
Serrafalcus alopecuros Parl.
Weedy brome Ħurtan dejjaq Mar-May Normal Profile 6
Vahl
Main Synonym :
Ceratochloa cathartica (Vahl) Herter Bromus unioloides Kunth
Rescue grass, Ħurtan Amerikan, Mar-May Normal Profile 5
(Parl.) P.M.Sm.
Main Synonym :
Bromus neglectus Nyman
Mediterranean Meadow Brome Ħurtan tal-Mediterran Mar-May Normal Profile 0
Roth
Main Synonym :
Anisantha diandra (Roth) Tutin ex Tzvelev
Great Brome, Bunexxief kbir Jan-May Normal Profile 9
C. Presl
Main Synonym :
Anisantha fasciculata (C. Presl) Nevski
Mediterranean Brome Bunexxief żgħir Feb-Apr Normal Profile 5
(Bonnier & de Layens) Kerguélen
Main Synonym :
Bromus hordeaceus subsp. molliformis (J.Lloyd ex Billot) Maire & Weiller Bromus molliformis J.Lloyd ex Billot
Southern Brome Ħurtan żgħir Mar-May Normal Profile 10
L.
Main Synonym :
Bromus mollis L.
Soft-Brome Ħurtan Mar-May Normal Profile 5
Guss.
Main Synonym :
Serrafalcus intermedius Parl.
Intermediate Brome Maltese name not known Feb-Apr Normal Profile 0
Roth
Main Synonym :
Bromus divaricatus Rhode ex Loisel.
Woolly Brome Ħurtan sufi Feb-Apr Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Anisantha madritensis (L.) Nevski
Compact Brome Bunexxief vjola Jan-May Normal Profile 10
L.
Main Synonym :
Serrafalcus racemosus Parl.
Smooth Brome Ħurtan lixx Mar-May Normal Profile 0
Roth
Main Synonym :
Anisantha rigida (Roth) Hyl.
Ripgut Brome Bunexxief tar-ramel Feb-Apr Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Anisantha rubens (L.) Nevski
Red Brome Bunexxief Feb-Apr Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Anisantha sterilis (L.) Nevski
Barren Brome, Maltese name not known Feb-Apr Normal Profile 0
(L.) P.Beauv.
Main Synonym :
Aira aquatica L.
Whorl-Grass, Katabrosa Mar-May Normal Profile 0
(L.) C.E.Hubb.
Main Synonym :
Festuca marina L.
Sea Fern Grass Żwien tax-xatt Mar-May Normal Profile 6
(C.Presl) F.H.Perring & P.D.Sell
Main Synonym :
Sclerochloa rigida var. major C.Presl
Fern-Grass Żwien Mar-May Normal Profile 7
(L.) C.E.Hubb.
Main Synonym :
Poa rigida L.
Fern-Grass Żwien Mar-May Normal Profile 9
(Lojac.) Brullo
Main Synonym :
Scleropoa zwierleinii Lojac.
Zwierlein's Fern Grass Żwien ta' Żwierlein Mar-May Normal Profile 4
L.
Main Synonym :
Cenchrus pungens Kunth
Southern Sandspur, Qanfuda May-Aug Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Coix lacryma L.
Job's Tears, Dmugh ta' Ġuno Mar-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Alopecurus cornucopiae Trin.
Hooded Grass Ħaxix tal-kornukopja Mar-Apr Normal Profile 0
(Schult. & Schult.f.) Asch. & Graebn.
Main Synonym :
Arundo selloana Schult. & Schult.f.
Dwarf Pampas Grass, Kortaderja All Year Normal Profile 5
Aiton
Main Synonym :
Schoenus aculeatus L.
Pricklegrass Kripsi tas-salmastru Jun-Sep Normal Profile 0
Lam.
Main Synonym :
Phleum schoenoides L.
Swamp Picklegrass Kripsi tal-ilma, Jun-Sep Normal Profile 0
Benth.
Main Synonym :
Triticum maritimum L.
Cutandia Grass Kutandja Mar-May Normal Profile 5
(L.) Pers.
Main Synonym :
Panicum dactylon L.
Bermuda Grass Niġem May-Nov Normal Profile 11
L.
Main Synonym :
Phleum cristatum Scop.
Crested Dog's Tail Denb il-kelb, Apr-Jun Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Falona echinata (L.) Dumort.
Rough Dog's Tail, Denb il-kelb xewwieki Mar-May Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Dactylis glaucescens Willd.
Cock's Foot Grass, Dekkuka, Apr-Jun Normal Profile 5
(Roth) Nyman
Main Synonym :
Dactylis hispanica Roth
Spanish Cock's Foot Dekkuka ta' Spanja, Apr-Jun Normal Profile 7
(L.) Willd.
Main Synonym :
Cynosurus aegyptius L.
Egyptian Crofwoot Grass Sieq iċ-ċawl Eġizjana Nov-May Normal Profile 5
(Jacq.) Dumort.
Main Synonym :
Cynosurus siculus Jacq. Desmazeria pignattii Brullo & Pavone
Pignatti's Fern Grass Żwien ta' Malta Mar-May Normal Profile 8
(Retz.) Koeler
Main Synonym :
Panicum ciliare Retz.
Southern Crab Grass, Diġitarja rqiqa Sep-Nov Normal Profile 6
(L.) Scop.
Main Synonym :
Panicum sanguinale (L.) Vill.
Crab Grass, Diġitarja ħamra Jun-Sep Normal Profile 7
(L.) Desf.
Main Synonym :
Cenchrus capitatus L.
Hedgehog Grass Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
(L.) Link
Main Synonym :
Panicum colonum L.
Millet Grass Xrika Jun-Oct Normal Profile 7
(L.) P.Beauv.
Main Synonym :
Panicum crus-galli L.
Cockspur Xrika mlewna Jun-Oct Normal Profile 7
Link
Main Synonym :
Echinochloa crus-galli var. frumentacea W.F.Wright
Barnyard Millet, Maltese name not known Jun-Oct Normal Profile 0
Gaertn.
Main Synonym :
Cynosurus indicus L.
Yard Grass, Elusin All Year Normal Profile 5
(Link) Kerguélen
Main Synonym :
Elytrigia atherica (Link) Kerguélen
Sea Couch Grass Maltese name not known May-Aug Normal Profile 7
(L.) Gould
Main Synonym :
Elytrigia repens (L.) Nevski
Couch Grass Sikrana skarsa May-Aug Normal Profile 6
(All.) Vignolo ex Janch.
Main Synonym :
Poa cilianensis All.
Stink Grass Maltese name not known Aug-Nov Normal Profile 8
Vill.
Main Synonym :
Festuca glaucina Stohr
Blue Fescue, Żwien Mar-Jun Normal Profile 0
(Nees & Meyen) C.E.Hubb.
Main Synonym :
Lachnagrostis phleoides Nees & Meyen
Nit Grass Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
(Gouan) Schinz & Thell.
Main Synonym :
Gastridium scabrum C. Presl
Nit Grass Mustaċċi tal-qattus Mar-May Normal Profile 5
Chevall.
Main Synonym :
Glyceria fluitans var. plicata (Fr.) Griseb. Glyceria plicata (Fr.) Fr.
Plicate Sweet Grass Maltese name not known Apr-May Normal Profile 0
(Willd.) Greuter
Main Synonym :
Rottboellia cylindrica Willd.
Barbgrass, Monerma Mar-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Critesion bulbosum (L.) Á. Löve
Bulbous Barley Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Hordeum vulgare subsp. distichon (L.) Körn.
Two-rowed Barley, Xgħir tal-birra Mar-Jun Normal Profile 0
(Parl.) Thell.
Main Synonym :
Hordeum geniculatum All.
Mediterranean Barley Bunixxief tal-Mediterran Mar-May Normal Profile 0
Huds.
Main Synonym :
Hordeum maritimum With.
Sea Barley, Bunexxief tal-baħar Mar-May Normal Profile 6
(Link) Arcang.
Main Synonym :
Hordeum leporinum Link Hordeum leporinum Link
Mouse Barley, Bunexxief komuni, Mar-Jun Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Hordeum rubens Willk.
Wall Barley Bunexxief tat-tafal May-Aug Normal Profile 1
L.
Main Synonym :
Hordeum hexastichum L.
Barley Xgħir Mar-May Normal Profile 0
Stapf
Main Synonym :
Andropogon hirtus L.
Beard Grass, Barrum tax-xagħri, Mar-Nov Normal Profile 10
L.
Main Synonym :
Lagurus nitens Lojac.
Hare's Tail Grass, Denb il-fenek Mar-Jul Normal Profile 8
Moench
Main Synonym :
Cynosurus aureus (L.) Besser
Golden Grass, Xkupilja, Mar-May Normal Profile 9
Lam.
Main Synonym :
Lolium aristatum (Willd.) Lag.
Italian Rye Grass, Sikrana tal-Italja, Apr-Jun Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Festuca perennis (L.) Columbus & J. P. Sm.
Perennial Rye Grass Sikrana Apr-Jun Normal Profile 7
Gaudin
Main Synonym :
Lolium strictum C. Presl
Stiff Rye Grass Sikrana iebsa Apr-Jun Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Festuca temulenta (L.) J.P.Sm. & Columbus
Darnel Grass Sikrana Apr-Jun Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Lygeum spathaceum Lam.
Esparto Grass Ħalfa Feb-Jun Normal Profile 11
L.
Main Synonym :
Melica lutescens Lojac.
Ciliate Melick Melika sufija Apr-Jun Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Melica arrecta Kunze
Small Melick Melika kommuni Apr-Jun Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Milium confertum L.
Wood Millet Maltese name not known Apr-Jun Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Milium panicum Mill.
Millet Plant Panikum skars Jun-Nov Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Panicum arenarium Brot.
Torpedo Grass, Panikum tal-ilma, Jun-Nov Normal Profile 7
(Roth) C.E.Hubb.
Main Synonym :
Rottboellia filiformis Roth
Hard-Grass Lixxa Mar-May Normal Profile 0
(L.) C.E.Hubb.
Main Synonym :
Aegilops incurva L.
Curved hard-grass, Nokkli Mar-May Normal Profile 2
Runemark
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Marginated Hard-Grass Lixxa skarsa Mar-May Normal Profile 0
Poir.
Main Synonym :
Digitaria dilatata (Poir.) H.J.Coste
Golden Crown Grass, Paspalum wiesgħa May-Aug Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Paspalum digitaria Poir. Paspalum paspalodes (Michx.) Scribn.
Water Couch Grass Paspalum May-Aug Normal Profile 7
(Forssk.) Chiov.
Main Synonym :
Cenchrus setaceus (Forssk.) Morrone
African Feather Grass, Penniżetum, May-Aug Normal Profile 12
R.Br. ex Fresen.
Main Synonym :
Cenchrus longisetus M. C. Johnst.
Feathertop Fountain Grass, Rixa qasira May-Aug Normal Profile 6
Link
Main Synonym :
Phalaris canariensis subsp. brachystachys (Link) Posp.
Shortspike Canary Grass Skalora selvaġġa skarsa Mar-Jun Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Phalaris ovata Moench
Canary Grass Skalora Mar-Jun Normal Profile 6
Desf.
Main Synonym :
Phalaris tuberosa Link
Purple Canary Grass, Skalora tal-ilma Mar-Jun Normal Profile 9
Retz.
Main Synonym :
Phalaris mauritii Sennen
Lesser Canary Grass, Skalora selvaġġa, Mar-Jun Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Phalaris praemorsa Lam.
Mediterranean Canary Grass, Skalora tat-tafal Mar-Jun Normal Profile 7
Guss.
Main Synonym :
Phalaris aquatica Guss.
Truncate Canary Grass Skalora kbira Mar-Jun Normal Profile 8
(Cav.) Steud.
Main Synonym :
Arundo australis Cav.
Lesser Reed, Qasbet ir-riħ, Jun-Nov Normal Profile 13
P.Beauv.
Main Synonym :
Oryzopsis coerulescens Hack.
Blue Rice Grass Barrum kaħlani May-Jul Normal Profile 0
Coss.
Main Synonym :
Oloptum miliaceum (L.) Röser & Hamasha
Rice Grass Barrum komuni May-Jul Normal Profile 6
(Duby) Soják
Main Synonym :
Oloptum thomasii (Duby) Banfi & Galasso
Many-branched Rice Grass Barrum komuni kbir May-Jul Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Dumort.
Narrow-leaved Meadow Grass Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Ochlopoa annua (L.) H. Scholz
Annual Meadow Grass, Mellieġ kommuni Mar-May Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Poa crispa Thuill.
Bulbous Meadow Grass, Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
Kunth
Main Synonym :
Ochlopoa infirma (Kunth) H. Scholz
Early Meadowgrass Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Poa attica Boiss. & Heldr.
Smooth Meadowgrass, Mellieġ tal-egħlieqi Mar-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Poa sylvicola Guss.
Rough Meadowgrass, Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 2
Willd.
Main Synonym :
Alopecurus maritimus Poir.
Sea Beard Grass, Denb il-liebru tax-xatt Mar-May Normal Profile 5
(L.) Desf.
Main Synonym :
Alopecurus monspeliensis L.
Annual Beard Grass, Denb il-liebru kbir Mar-May Normal Profile 8
Req.
Main Synonym :
Polypogon maritimus subsp. subspathaceus (Requien) Bonnier & Layens
Greater Annual Beard Grass Denb il-liebru żgħir Mar-May Normal Profile 7
(Gouan) Breistr.
Main Synonym :
Polypogon semiverticillatus (Forssk.) Hyl.
Water Bent Grass Denb il-liebru, Apr-Oct Normal Profile 5
(Torr.) E.P.Bicknell
Main Synonym :
Poa fasciculata Torr.
Borrier's Saltmarsh Grass Puċċinelja Apr-Jun Normal Profile 0
(L.) Tzvelev
Main Synonym :
Lophochloa cristata (L.) Hylander
Annual Cat's Tail, Denb il-qattus Mar-Jun Normal Profile 7
(Schreb.) Dumort.
Main Synonym :
Festuca arundinacea Schreb. Festuca arundinacea Schreb.
Tall Fescue Żwien Mar-Jun Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Triticum cereale Salisb. Salisb.
Cereal Rye, Segala Mar-May Normal Profile 0
(L.) P.Beauv.
Main Synonym :
Panicum italicum L.
Italian Bristle Grass, Xrika tal-Mediterran Jun-Oct Normal Profile 5
Stapf
Main Synonym :
Setaria paniculifera E.Fourn. ex Hemsl.
Malaysian Palm Grass Xrika bil-weraq tal-palm Jun-Oct Normal Profile 4
Roem. & Schult.
Main Synonym :
Panicum pumilum Poir.
Yellow Foxtail, Xrika sufija May-Oct Normal Profile 0
(L.) P.Beauv.
Main Synonym :
Panicum adhaerens Forssk. Setaria adherens (Forssk.) Chiov.
Sticky Bristle Grass, Xrika komuni, May-Oct Normal Profile 4
(L.) P.Beauv.
Main Synonym :
Panicum viride L.
Green Bristle Grass, Xrika ħadra May-Oct Normal Profile 0
(L.) Moench
Main Synonym :
Hyparrhenia dichroa Stapf
Sweet Sorghum, Qaraboċċ Jun-Oct Normal Profile 6
Pers.
Main Synonym :
Holcus halepense L.
Aleppo Millet, Qaraboċċ selvaġġ May-Oct Normal Profile 7
Rchb.
Main Synonym :
Poa divaricata Gouan
Coastal Grass Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
Kunth
Main Synonym :
Agrostis pungens Schreb.
Sand Dropseed, Niġem tar-ramel Aug-Sep Normal Profile 5
(Walter) Kuntze
Main Synonym :
Ischaemum secundatum Walter
St. Augustine's Grass, Maltese name not known May-Oct Normal Profile 0
Thunberg
Main Synonym :
Stipa humilis Brot.
Common Awn Grass Nixxief tal-isteppa Mar-May Normal Profile 10
L.
Main Synonym :
Stipa disjuncta Klokov
Southern Awn Grass, Maltese name not known Apr-May Normal Profile 5
(Host) D.R.Dewey
Main Synonym :
Elytrigia scirpea (C. Presl) Holub Elytrigia flaccidifolius (Boissier & Heldreich) Holub
Flaccid-leaf Couch Grass Sikana tal-bwar May-Jun Normal Profile 5
(L.) Á.Löve
Main Synonym :
Elytrigia juncea (L.) Nevski Elymus farctus (Viv.) Runemark ex Melderis
Sand Couch Grass Sikrana tar-ramel May-Aug Normal Profile 9
Link
Main Synonym :
Agrostis nitens Guss.
Shining Grass Triplanke Mar-May Normal Profile 0
(Ten.) Pignatti
Main Synonym :
Trisetum aureum Ten.
Golden Oat Trisetarja Mar-May Normal Profile 4
L.
Main Synonym :
Triticum vulgare Vill.
Bread Wheat, Qamħ tomni, Apr-May Normal Profile 6
(Desf.) Husn.
Main Synonym :
Triticum durum Desf.
Macaroni Wheat, Qamħ ta' Malta May-Aug Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Triticum aestivum var. turgidum (L.) Fiori
Rivet Wheat, Qamħ tal-Awstralja Apr-May Normal Profile 0
P.Beauv.
Main Synonym :
Panicum urochloa Desv.
Liverseed Grass, Uruklowa Aug-Sep Normal Profile 0
Gray
Main Synonym :
Festuca bromoides L.
Squirrel-tailed Fescue, Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
Dumort.
Main Synonym :
Festuca ciliata Gouan
Ciliate Fescue, Sufija Mar-May Normal Profile 4
Forssk.
Main Synonym :
Festuca fasciculata Forsskål
Dune Fescue Ħortan tar-ramel Mar-May Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Zea segetalis Salisb.
Maize Qamħ ir-rum May-Jun Normal Profile 8
POLYGALACEAE Juss. ( Milkwort Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Leaves simple, exstipulate. Flowers hermaphrodite, zygomorphic, in spikes or racemes. Sepals 5, free; petals 3-5, more or less united; stamens 8, with filaments partly united. Ovary 2-locular, with 1 seed in each loculus.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Maltese Name
Flowering Period
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L.
Main Synonym :
Polygala glumacea Sm.
Mediterranean Milkwort, Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Polygala x dalmaisiana
African Milkwort, Maltese name not known Mar-Jul Normal Profile 3
POLYGONACEAE Juss. ( Dock Family ) Subfamalies: Polygonoideae; Eriogonoideae Family Description: Herbs, shrubs or climbers. Leaves nearly always alternate; stipules often united to form a membranous sheath (ochrea). Flowers hermaphrodite or unisexual; perianth 3- to 6-merous, herbaceous, often enlarging and becoming membranous in fruit. Stamens usually 6-9. Ovary superior, unilocular; styles 2-4; ovule solitary, basal. Fruit a trigonous or lenticular nut.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Maltese Name
Flowering Period
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Hook. & Arn.
Main Synonym :
Corculum leptopum (Hook. & Arn.) Stuntz
Coral Vine, Maltese name not known Apr-Oct Normal Profile 8
(L.) Campd.
Main Synonym :
Rumex spinosus L.
Spiny Dock, Selq xewwieki Feb-May Normal Profile 10
Moench
Main Synonym :
Polygonum fagopyrum L.
Buckwheat Maltese name not known Sep-Oct Normal Profile 6
(L.Henry) Holub
Main Synonym :
Bilderdykia aubertii (Henry) Moldenke
Silver Lace Vine, Maltese name not known May-Sep Normal Profile 8
(L.) Á.Löve
Main Synonym :
Fallopia baldschuanica (Regel) Holub
Black bindweed Leblieba ħadra May-Sep Normal Profile 7
L.H.Bailey
Main Synonym :
Muehlenbeckia platyclada (F.Muell.) Meisn.
Centipede plant, Maltese name not known Oct-Dec Normal Profile 3
(R.Br.) K.L.Wilson
Main Synonym :
Polygonum salicifolium Brouss. ex Willd. Persicaria salicifolia (Brouss. ex Willd.) Assenov
Willow-leaved Knotgrass Persikarja tal-baħrija Apr-Oct Normal Profile 9
(R.Br.) Soják
Main Synonym :
Polygonum lapathifolium subsp. lanigera (R.Br.) Chantar. & Tubtimtong
African Persicaria Persikarja roża Apr-Oct Normal Profile 13
(L.) Delarbre
Main Synonym :
Polygonum lapathifolium L.
Pale Persicaria Maltese name not known Apr-Oct Normal Profile 0
(Meisn.) Soják
Main Synonym :
Polygonum senegalensis Meisn.
Senegalese Knotgrass Maltese name not known Apr-Oct Normal Profile 21
Boreau
Main Synonym :
Polygonum microspermum Jord. ex Boreau
Prostrate Knotgrass Lewża tat-toroq Apr-Nov Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Polygonum neglectum Besser
Knotgrass, Lewża tar-raba Apr-Jul Normal Profile 8
All.
Main Synonym :
Polygonum rectum (Chrtek) Scholz
Narrow-leaved Knotgrass Lewża ta' Bellardi Mar-May Normal Profile 0
Sm.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Horsetail Knotweed Lewża ta' skarsa Jun-Oct Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Polygonum chilense K.Koch
Sea Knotgrass Lewża tal-baħar Apr-Jul Normal Profile 10
Jord. ex Boreau
Main Synonym :
Polygonum aviculare subsp. rurivagum (Jord. ex Boreau) Berher
Narrow-leaved Knotgrass Lewża tal-werqa wiesgħa Mar-Jun Normal Profile 0
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Murray
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Rhubarb, Rabarbu Apr-May Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Acetosa bucephalophora Fourr.
Red Dock, Selq ħamrani Dec-May Normal Profile 11
Murray
Main Synonym :
Rumex glomeratus Schreb.
Clustered Dock, Qarsajja tal-ilma Apr-Jun Normal Profile 12
L.
Main Synonym :
Rumex elongatus Guss.
Curly Dock Maltese name not known Apr-Sep Normal Profile 7
DC.
Main Synonym :
Rumex graecus Boiss. & Heldr.
Crested Dock, Qarsajja kbira Apr-Sep Normal Profile 13
L.
Main Synonym :
Rumex acutus Sm.
Broad-leaved Dock Maltese name not known May-Nov Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Rumex lyratus Vell.
Fiddle Dock Maltese name not known Apr-Jun Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Lapathum sanguineum Moench
Red-Veined Dock Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
PONTEDERIACEAE Kunth ( Water-Hyacinth Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Perennial, rhizomatous, aquatic herbs. Leaves petiolate. Inflorescence a spike or raceme, subtended by a spathe-like bract. Flowers hermaphrodite, more or less zygomorphic, usually ephemeral. Perianth-segments 6, petaloid, connate at least at the base. Stamens 3 or 6. Ovary superior, 3-locular, or 1-locular by abortion, 1- to many-seeded. Fruit a capsule, tightly invested by the persistent perianth.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Maltese Name
Flowering Period
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(Mart.) Solms
Main Synonym :
Pontedera crassipes Mart.
Water Hyacinth Wardet in-Nil Sep-Oct Normal Profile 4
POTAMOGETONACEAE Dumort. ( Pondweed Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Aquatic herbs, submerged or with floating leaves, occasionally subterrestrial. Stems elongated. Leaves alternate or opposite (rarely in whorls of 3), sheathing at the base. Flowers hermaphrodite, ebracteate, in pedunculate spikes. Perianth of 4 unguiculate, sepaloid segments. Stamens 4, adnate at the base to the perianth-segments; anthers sessile, opening by longitudinal slits. Carpels (1-)4, free or shortly connate at the base, 1-ovulate; styles usually short. Fruitlets drupaceous or achenial. Seeds without endosperm; embryo unciform or spiral (coiled more than 1 complete turn).
Botanical Name
Common Name
Maltese Name
Flowering Period
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(L.) Börner
Main Synonym :
Potamogeton helveticus W.Koch Potamogeton pectinatus L.
Fennel Pondweed, Maltese name not known May-Jul Normal Profile 4
PRIMULACEAE Vent. ( Primrose Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Herbs, rarely dwarf shrubs. Leaves exstipulate, usually simple. Flowers 5(to 7)-merous, actinomorphic (rarely zygomorphic), sympetalous. Stamens epipetalous, opposite the corolla-lobes; staminodes sometimes present. Ovary 1-locular, superior (rarely semi-inferior), with 1-numerous ovules and basal, free-central placenta; style simple. Fruit a capsule.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Maltese Name
Flowering Period
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Mill.
Main Synonym :
Cyclamen latifolium Sm.
Persian cyclamen Ċiklamini tal-Lvant Apr-May Normal Profile 9
(L.) U.Manns & Anderb.
Main Synonym :
Anagallis latifolia L. Anagallis arvensis L.
Scarlet Pimpernel, Ħarira ħamra Feb-May Normal Profile 20
L.
Main Synonym :
Samolus aquaticus Lam.
Brookweed, Ħarira tal-ilma Mar-May Normal Profile 17
PTERIDACEAE E.D.M. Kirchn ( Fern Family ) Subfamalies: Cryptogrammoideae; Ceratopteridoideae; Pteridoideae; Cheilanthoideae; Vittarioideae Family Description: Rhizome solenostelic or dictyostelic, with opaque scales. Petiole with a single U-shaped strand. Sori submarginal, forming coenosori which are borne on the veinlet connecting the vein ends, and which are covered by the scarious, deflexed leaf-margins; spores tetrahedral, opaque.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Maltese Name
Flowering Period
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L.
Main Synonym :
Adiantum michelii Christ
Maidenhair Fern, Tursin il-bir All Year Normal Profile 19
(L.) Link
Main Synonym :
Polypodium leptophyllum L.
Jersey Fern, Tursin ir-riħ All Year Normal Profile 13
L.
Main Synonym :
Pycnodoria cretica (L.) Small
Cretan Brake, Pteris All year Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Pteris longifolia L.
Ladder Brake, Pteris All year Normal Profile 0
RANUNCULACEAE Juss. ( Buttercup Family ) Subfamalies: Hydrastidoideae; Glaucidioideae; Coptoideae; Thalictroideae; Ranunculoideae Family Description: Herbs or rarely woody climbers. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, rarely opposite or stipulate. Flowers usually hermaphrodite and actinomorphic, hypogynous. Perianth petaloid or sepaloid, verticillate. Honey-leaves (petaloid structures bearing nectaries) often present, sometimes infundibuliform. Stamens numerous, usually spirally arranged, extrorse. Carpels 1 to many, usually free and spirally arranged. Fruit usually of 1 or more follicles or a head of achenes.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Maltese Name
Flowering Period
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(Steven) Nyman
Main Synonym :
Adonis squarrosa Steven
Summer Pheasant's Eye Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
DC
Main Synonym :
Adonis aestivalis Link ex Webb & Berthel.
Pheasant's Eye, Għajn is-Serduq, Mar-May Normal Profile 14
L.
Main Synonym :
Anemone pusilla DC.
Crown Anemone, Kaħwiela Jan-Mar Normal Profile 14
L.
Main Synonym :
Anemone pavonina Lam.
Broad-leaved Anem Kaħwiela ċara Jan-Mar Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Clematis polymorpha Viv.
Evergreen Traveller's Joy, Kiesħa jew Bajda Oct-Dec Detailed Profile 53
L.
Main Synonym :
Delphinium ambiguum Mill. Consolida ajacis (L.) Schur
Doubtful knight's spur, Sieq il-ħamiema l-kbira Jun-Jul Normal Profile 5
Sm.
Main Synonym :
Delphinium longipes Moris
Winged Larkspur Sieq il-ħamiema Jun-Jul Detailed Profile 33
Willk. ex Costa
Main Synonym :
Consolida orientalis Schrödinger
Eastern Larkspur Sieq il-ħamiema tal-Lvant Jun-Jul Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Staphisagria macrosperma Spach
Short-spurred Larkspur Żerrigħet il-qamel Apr-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Nigella arvensis subsp. minor
Love-in-a-mist Sieq il-brimba Feb-May Normal Profile 11
L.
Main Synonym :
Ranunculus tuberculatus Kit. ex Hornem.
Corn Buttercup, Maltese name not known Apr-May Normal Profile 0
(Willk.) Rouy & Foucaud
Main Synonym :
Ranunculus aleae Willk.
Bulbous Buttercup, Ċfolloq tal-basla Mar-May Normal Profile 12
L.
Main Synonym :
Ranunculus semicalvus Jord. & Fourr.
Autumn Buttercup, Ċfolloq tal-ħarifa Oct-Dec Detailed Profile 41
DC.
Main Synonym :
Ranunculus incrassatus Guss.
Eastern Buttercup Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Ficaria ranunculoides Roth
Lesser Celandine, Fomm il-għeliem Jan-Apr Normal Profile 17
Desf.
Main Synonym :
Ranunculus palustris subsp. macrophyllus
Large-leaved Buttercup Ċfolloq tal-Werqa kbira Mar-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Notophilus muricatus Fourr.
Scilly Buttercup, Ċfolloq tat-tajn Feb-May Normal Profile 10
Vill.
Main Synonym :
Ranunculus uliginosus Willd.
Adder's tongue Buttercup, Ċfolloq tal-Għadajjar Mar-Apr Normal Profile 0
Poir.
Main Synonym :
Ranunculus marchesinii Lojac.
Fan-Leaved Buttercup, Ċfolloq tax-xagħri Mar-May Normal Profile 5
Viv.
Main Synonym :
Ranunculus peltatus subsp. fucoides (Freyn) Muñoz Garm.
Sanicle-leaved Water Crowfoot Ċfolloq ta' l-ilma Jan-May Normal Profile 17
Crantz
Main Synonym :
Ranunculus parvulus L.
Hairy Buttercup Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 4
Chaix
Main Synonym :
Batrachium trichophyllum (Chaix) Bosch
Thread-leaved Water Crowfoot, Ċfolloq tal-widien Jan-Jun Normal Profile 16
Desf.
Main Synonym :
Ranunculus vilaenadalis Sennen
Three-leaved Buttercup Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 0
RESEDACEAE S.F. Gray ( Mignonette Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Annual to perennial herbs, rarely woody, with alternate, simple or pinnatifid leaves. Flowers in terminal, bracteate racemes or spikes. Sepals 4-8; petals 4-8, free, entire or laciniate; stamens 7-25, inserted on a hypogynous or perigynous, often eccentric disc. Carpels 3-7, superior, free and uniovulate or united into a unilocular ovary which is open above, with numerous ovules on parietal placentae. Fruit a capsule open at the top or consisting of 4-7 1-seeded, radiating carpels. Seeds suborbicular or reniform, without endosperm.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Reseda fruticulosa L.
White Mignonette, Denb il-ħaruf abjad Dec-May Normal Profile 13
L.
Main Synonym :
Reseda mucronata Tineo
Wild Mignonette, Denb il-ħaruf isfar Apr-Jul Normal Profile 4
RHAMNACEAE Juss. ( Buckthorn Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, usually stipulate. Inflorescence cymose. Flowers perigynous. Calyx 4- to 5-lobed, lobes valvate in bud. Petals 4-5, often small and sometimes absent, inserted at mouth of the hypanthium and often hooded over the stamens. Stamens 4-5, alternating with the calyx-lobes; anthers versatile. Ovary superior, 2- to 4-locular; ovules solitary. Fruit often fleshy.
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Mill.
Main Synonym :
Rhamnus paliurus H.Karst.
Christ's Thorn Tree, Xewk tal-kuruna ta' Kristu, Apr-Jun Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Rhamnus clusii Willd.
Mediterranean Buckthorn, Alaternu Jan-Mar Normal Profile 10
L.
Main Synonym :
Rhamnus lycoides subsp. oleoides (L.) Jahand. & Maire
Olive-leaved Buckthorn, Żiju Feb-Apr Normal Profile 13
Mill.
Main Synonym :
Zizyphus sativa Gaertn. Ziziphus zizyphus (L.) H.Karst.
Jujube, Żinżel May-Jun Normal Profile 17
ROSACEAE L. ( Rose Family ) Subfamalies: Rosoideae; Dryadoideae; Maloideae Family Description: Trees, shrubs or herbs. Leaves usually alternate and stipulate. Flowers regular, usually hermaphrodite, perigynous or epigynous. Hypanthium flat, concave or tubular. Sepals usually 5, sometimes with epicalyx. Petals usually 5, free, sometimes absent. Stamens usually 2, 3 or 4 times as many as the sepals, sometimes 1-5 or indefinite. Carpels 1 to numerous, free or connate, sometimes adnate to the hypanthium. Ovules usually 2, sometimes 1 or more, anatropous. Styles free, rarely united. Fruit of one or more achenes, drupes or follicles, or a pome, the hypanthium sometimes becoming coloured and fleshy. Endosperm usually absent.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Mespilus azarolus (L.) All.
Crete Hawthorn, Għanżalor Mar-May Normal Profile 20
Jacq.
Main Synonym :
Crataegus oxyacantha Gand.
Common Hawthorn Żagħrun Mar-Apr Normal Profile 11
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Gren. & Blanc
Main Synonym :
C. azarolus × C. monogyna
Hybrid Hawthorn, Żagħrun bagħal, Mar-Apr Normal Profile 17
Mill.
Main Synonym :
Cydonia vulgaris Pers.
Quince Sfarġel Mar-May Normal Profile 17
(Thunb.) Lindl.
Main Synonym :
Mespilus japonica Thunb.
Loquat, Naspli Nov-Feb Normal Profile 8
(Suckow) Borkh.
Main Synonym :
Malus sylvestris subsp. mitis
Cultivated Apple Tuffieħ selvaġġ Mar-May Normal Profile 20
(L.) Mill.
Main Synonym :
Malus communis subsp. sylvestris (L.) Gams
Crab Apple Tuffieħ Mar-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Mespilus sylvestris Delarbre
Medlar, Fomm il-lipp, May-Jun Normal Profile 4
L.
Main Synonym :
Tormentilla reptans L.
Creeping Cinquefoil Frawla selvaġġa Mar-Jun Normal Profile 11
L.
Main Synonym :
Sanguisorba vulgaris Hill Sanguisorba minor Scop.
Salad Burnet, Tursin il-għawl Mar-May Normal Profile 11
Thunb.
Main Synonym :
Armeniaca vulgaris
Apricot Berquqa Mar-Apr Normal Profile 8
Ehrh.
Main Synonym :
Prunus divaricata Ehrh.
Cherry Plum, Għanbaqar Mar-Apr Normal Profile 16
L.
Main Synonym :
Prunus acida Ehrh.
Dwarf Cherry, Amarena Mar-Apr Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Prunus communis Huds.
Plum, Pruna Mar-Apr Normal Profile 9
(Mill.) Rchb.
Main Synonym :
Prunus amygdalus Stokes
Almond, Lewża, Dec-Feb Normal Profile 17
L.
Main Synonym :
Prunus domestica subsp. Insititia (L.) C.K.Schneid.
Bullace, Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile 12
L.
Main Synonym :
Cerasus mahaleb Mill.
Mahaleb Cherry, Maltese name not known Mar-Apr Normal Profile 0
(L.) Batsch
Main Synonym :
Persica vulgaris Lam.
Peach Ħawħa Mar-Apr Normal Profile 9
(Suckow) C.K.Schneid.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Nectarine Nuċiprisk Mar-Apr Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Prunus acacia Crantz
Blackthorn, Prajn tax-xewk Feb-Apr Normal Profile 0
Vill.
Main Synonym :
Pyrus nivalis Lindl.
Almond-leaved Pear Lanġas selvaġġ Feb-Apr Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Pyrus sativa DC.
Common Pear, Lanġas Feb-Apr Normal Profile 18
L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Small Maltese June Pear Bambinella, Mar-Apr Normal Profile 5
(L.) Boreau
Main Synonym :
Pyrus communis subsp. achras (Gaertn.) Asch. & Graebn.
Wild Pear Lanġas Bagħal Feb-Apr Normal Profile 6
Boiss.
Main Synonym :
Pyrus bovei Steud.
Syrian Pear Lanġas tal-Vant Feb-Apr Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Rosa prutensis Chrshan.
Dog Rose Maltese name not known May-Jul Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Rosa crenulata Greene
Provence Rose, Warda taż-żejt Apr-Jun Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Rosa eglanteria L.
Sweet Briar, Warda tal-weraq ifuħ May-Jun Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Rosa sylvestris Rchb.
Evergreen Rose Girlanda tal-wied, Apr-Jun Normal Profile 14
L.
Main Synonym :
Selnorition cesius Raf.
Dewberry, Maltese name not known Apr-Jun Normal Profile 0
Schott
Main Synonym :
Rubus rusticanus Mercier
Bramble, Għollieq Apr-Oct Normal Profile 15
Spach
Main Synonym :
Poterium spinosum L.
Thorny Burnet Tursin il-Għul Xewwiek Mar-May Normal Profile 13
L.
Main Synonym :
Pyrus aucuparia (L.) Scop.
Rowan, Żorba Selvaġġa Apr-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Pyrus domestica (L.) Sm.
Service Tree Żorba Apr-May Normal Profile 0
RUBIACEAE Juss. ( Bedstraw Family ) Subfamalies: Cinchonoideae; Ixoroideae; Rubioideae Family Description: Herbs or dwarf shrubs. Leaves nearly always opposite, simple, entire; stipules separate, connate or divided, sometimes leaf-like and then forming whorls of 4-12 apparent leaves. Inflorescence thyrsoid, paniculate or corymbose, sometimes condensed to a spike or head, or reduced. Flowers actinomorphic, usually hermaphrodite. Sepals usually free, sometimes reduced or absent. Sympetalous; corolla hypocrateriform, infundibuliform, cupshaped or rotate. Stamens epipetalous, alternating with the lobes of the corolla. Ovary inferior, usually 2-locular and with a disc; loculi with 1-numerous ovules. Style simple or 2-fid. Fruit dry, dividing into mericarps, or fleshy. Seeds endospermic.
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Nyman
Main Synonym :
Asperula cynanchica var. aristata
Southern Squinancywort Asperula Oct-Mar Normal Profile 12
L.
Main Synonym :
Asperula collina Salisb.
Squinancywort Maltese name not known Oct-Mar Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Crucianella maritima subsp. rupestris (Guss.) Nyman Crucianella rupestris Guss.
Rock Crucianella, Kruċanella Apr-Jun Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Aparine vulgaris Hill
Cleavers, Ħarxajja komuni Mar-May Normal Profile 9
All.
Main Synonym :
Sherardia muralis L.
Yellow Bedstraw Ħarxajja safra Mar-Apr Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Galium pauciflorum Bunge
False Cleavers Ħarxajja Mar-May Normal Profile 5
Dandy
Main Synonym :
Galium tricorne Stokes
Corn Cleavers, Ħarxajja ta' tlett iqran Mar-Apr Normal Profile 9
Huds.
Main Synonym :
Galium saccharatum All.
Southern Cleavers, Ħarxajja tal-felul Mar-May Normal Profile 11
(L.fil.) M.Backlund & Thulin
Main Synonym :
Asperula calabrica L. fil. Putoria calabrica (L.) DC.
Stinking Madder Putorja May-Jun Normal Profile 9
L.
Main Synonym :
Rubia tinctorium Salisb.
Wild Madder, Ħarxajja selvaġġa, Apr-Jun Normal Profile 11
L.
Main Synonym :
Sherardia umbellata Gilib.
Field Madder, Ħarxajja tal-għelieqi, Feb-May Normal Profile 12
L.
Main Synonym :
Cynocrambe prostrata Gaertn.
Dog Cabbage Ħabaq il-ħnieżer Dec-May Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Valantia filiformis Lojac.
Hairy Valantia Valantja niggieża Mar-Apr Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Valantia quadriflora Moench
Wall Valantia Valantja komuni Feb-May Normal Profile 13
RUPPIACEAE Horan. ( Ditchgrass Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Submerged, perennial herbs of saline water. Leaves narrowly linear, sheathing at the base. Flowers hermaphrodite, small, ebracteate, in 2-flowered, pedunculate spikes; peduncles slender, often accrescent in fruit. Perianth absent. Stamens 2; anthers sessile, opening by longitudinal slits. Carpels 4(-10), free, with 1 ovule, sessile in flower but usually becoming slender-stipitate in fruit. Fruitlets indehiscent; seeds without endosperm.
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Tineo
Main Synonym :
Ruppia aragonensis Loscos & J.Pardo
Lesser Tassel-Pondweed Ruppja tal-Għadira All year Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Ruppia brachypus J.Gay
Beaked Tassel Pondweed, Ruppja tas-salini All year Normal Profile 10
RUTACEAE Juss. ( Rue Family ) Subfamalies: Rutoideae; Spathelioideae; Dictyolomatoideae; Toddalioideae; Flindersioideae; Aurantioideae Family Description: Herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate or opposite, simple or compound, dotted with translucent glands, exstipulate, sometimes reduced to spines. Flowers usually hermaphrodite and actinomorphic. Sepals 4-5, free or connate below. Petals 4-5. Disc present. Stamens as many or twice as many as the petals, rarely more, free or rarely monadelphous. Ovary superior, usually syncarpous and often 4- to 5-locular, but carpels occasionally united at the base only or rarely free. Styles as many as the carpels, free or connate.
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(L.) Osbeck
Main Synonym :
Citrus x limon
Lemon Siġra tal-lumi, All year Normal Profile 11
L.
Main Synonym :
Ruta bracteosa DC.
Wall Rue, Fejġel Apr-Jun Normal Profile 9
SALICACEAE Mirbel ( Willow Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Dioecious. Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, very rarely opposite; stipules present. Flowers subtended by bracts and arranged in catkins; perianth absent; glands present, sometimes nectariferous. Male flowers with 2 to many stamens; filaments filiform, free or more or less united. Female flowers with 1 unilocular carpel with 2-4 parietal placentae; ovules numerous, ascending, anatropous. Fruit a capsule dehiscing by 2-4 valves. Seeds numerous, very small, each with a tuft of long hairs.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Populus canadensis Moench
White Poplar Siġra tal-Luq, Feb-Mar Normal Profile 14
L.
Main Synonym :
Populus caudina Ten.
Black Poplar Siġra tal-Luq sewda, Feb-Mar Normal Profile 4
L.
Main Synonym :
Argorips alba (L.) Raf.
White Willow Żafżafa kbira, Mar-Apr Normal Profile 11
Desf.
Main Synonym :
Salix libanii Bornm.
Mediterranean Willow Żafżafa ż-żgħira, Feb-Apr Normal Profile 16
SALVINIACEAE Martinov ( Salvinia Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Stems slender, branched, floating. Leaves in whorls of 3, very hairy; 2 of the leaves entire, floating, the third submerged. Heterosporous; sori at the base of the submerged leaves, stalked, surrounded by a thin-walled, hairy indusium, and consisting of either numerous microsporangia or a few megasporangia, or occasionally mixed.
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(L.) All.
Main Synonym :
Marsilea natans L.
Floating Water Moss, Salvinja All year Normal Profile 0
SAPINDACEAE Juss. ( Soapberry Family ) Subfamalies: Dodonaeoideae; Hippocastanoideae; Sapindoideae; Xanthoceroideae Family Description: Trees, shrubs, woody climbers or rarely (as in the only European representative) herbs, with alternate, usually compound leaves. Flowers hermaphrodite, hypogynous, usually small. Sepals and petals 3-5, free; stamens 8, deflexed. Ovary superior, 3-locular, with one seed in each loculus.
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Sw.
Main Synonym :
Cardiospermum hirsutum Willd.
Showy Balloon Vine, Sfineġ, Jun-Oct Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Cardiospermum inflatum Salisb.
Love-in-a-puff, Sfineġ sufi, Jul-Oct Normal Profile 18
Jacq.
Main Synonym :
Dodonaea ehrenbergii Schltdl.
Hop Bush, Maltese name not known Mar-Aug Normal Profile 5
(Blanco) Radlk.
Main Synonym :
Harpullia imbricata Thwaites
Tulip Wood-Tree Maltese name not known All year Normal Profile 9
SCROPHULARIACEAE Juss. ( 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.
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Lam.
Main Synonym :
Nicodemia madagascariensis (Lam.) R.Parker
Yellow Butterfly Bush, Maltese name not known Dec-Feb Normal Profile 6
R.Br.
Main Synonym :
Myoporum serratum R.Br.
Blueberry tree, Mijoporum Apr-Jun Normal Profile 0
G.Forst.
Main Synonym :
Myoporum tenuifolium G.Forst.
Mousehole Tree, Mijoporum tal-werqa wiesgħa Apr-Jun Normal Profile 4
(L.) Caruel
Main Synonym :
Bellardia viscosa (L.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
Yellow Bartsia, Perlina safra Mar-May Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Scrophularia aquatica L.
Water Figwort, Fiswet il-kelb tal-ilma, Feb-May Detailed Profile 28
L.
Main Synonym :
Scrophularia geminiflora Lam.
Nettle-leaved Figwort, Fiswet il-kelb, Mar-May Normal Profile 8
(L.) Cav.
Main Synonym :
Celsia cretica L.f.
Glandular Mullein Maltese name not known Apr-Jun Normal Profile 11
L.
Main Synonym :
Thapsus sinuatum Raf.
Wavy-leaved Mullein Xatbet l-andar May-Aug Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Verbascum alatum Lam.
Great Mullein, Maltese name not known Jun-Aug Normal Profile 7
SIMAROUBACEAE DC. ( Tree of Heaven Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Trees or shrubs with bitter bark. Leaves pinnate, alternate. Flowers actinomorphic, 5-merous. Petals free. Disc 10-lobed. Stamens 10 in male flowers, 2-3 in hermaphrodite flowers; filaments free. Ovary superior; carpels 5-6, more or less connate, unilocular, each with 1 ovule attached to the inner angle; styles 2-5, connate. Fruit drupe-like, a berry or a group of samaras.
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(Mill.) Swingle
Main Synonym :
Ailanthus glandulosa Desf.
Tree-of-heaven, Xumakk falz May-Jul Normal Profile 10
SMILACACEAE Vent. ( Catbrier Family ) Conservative synonym: Liliaecea Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Smilacaceae is a family formerely grouped with the Liliaceae and consists of 4 genera sharing about 375 species. They are widespread in tropical and subtropical regions of the Southern Hemisphere, with a few extending into north temperate regions. The familiy differs from the Liliaceae in its viney and 'woody' habit and in the netted venation of the leaves, although it has sometimes been classified within it. It shares the viney habit and prickles on the stems and leaves with the closley related Dioscoriaceae. The Smilacaceae also differs in that it has long, distinctive tendrils in most cases. Leaves are simple, entire and alternate or rarely opposite, often leathery. Sheathing at the leaf base may be modified into stipular tendrils. Flowers are actinomorphic and perfect or unisexual/dioecious. Inflorescence of solitary flowers in axils, or flowers in racemes, spikes or umbels. Hypogynous (rarely epigynous). Usually unisexual (the sexes on separate individuals), and with 6 greenish, whitish, yellowish or brownish tepals, 6 stamens and 1 superior pistil. Fruit is a berry. Seeds with starchless, hard endosperm. Habit is as a prickly, twining herb, shrub or woody vine that has or lacks tendrils. The roots of some species are used medicinally for the treatment of rheumatism and from another species, the stimulant China root is obtained.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Smilax mauritanica Poir.
Mediterranean Smilax, Zalza pajżana Sep-Nov Detailed Profile 50
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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Mill.
Main Synonym :
Datura meteloides Dunal
Downy Thorn Apple, Siġret ir-rizzi Apr-Oct Normal Profile 3
L.
Main Synonym :
Datura tatula L.
Common Thorn Apple, Maltese name not known Apr-Oct Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Hyoscyamus minor Mill.
White Henbane, Mammażejża, Apr-May Detailed Profile 61
L.
Main Synonym :
Hyoscyamus lethalis Salisb.
Henbane, Maltese name not known Apr-Jun Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Lycium halimifolium Mill.
Chinese Wolfberry, Għawseġ tax-xarq, May-Sep Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Lycium chinense Mill.
Mediterranean Tea Tree, Għawseġ tal-Mediterran Mar-Jul Normal Profile 6
Miers.
Main Synonym :
Lycium macrocalyx Dammer
African Tea Tree, Għawseġ tal-Afrika Mar-Jul Normal Profile 9
Boiss.
Main Synonym :
Lycium shawii Roem. & Schult.
Southern Tea Tree, Għawseġ tal-ħitan Mar-Jul Normal Profile 12
Graham
Main Synonym :
Siphaulax glabra Raf.
Glaucous Tobacco, Tabakk tas-swar, Apr-Oct Normal Profile 14
L.
Main Synonym :
Physalis pubescens var. peruviana
Peruvian Cape Gooseberry Tuffieħ tal-fanal May-Jun Normal Profile 8
Cav.
Main Synonym :
Solanum saponaceum Hook.
Silver-leaf Nightshade Maltese name not known Apr-Sep Normal Profile 4
Hepper & P.-M.L.Jaeger
Main Synonym :
Solanum sodmeum Dunal
Brown Nightshade Maltese name not known Apr-Oct Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Lycopersicum esculentum Mill.
Tomato Tadama Apr-Jun Normal Profile 6
L.
Main Synonym :
Solanum exaratum Raf.
Black Nightshade, Għeneb id-dib iswed All Year Normal Profile 11
L.
Main Synonym :
Solanum andigenum Juz. & Bukasov
Potato Patata Apr-Jun Normal Profile 4
Mill.
Main Synonym :
Solanum sinaicum Boiss.
Yellow Nightshade, Għeneb id-dib isfar, Apr-Nov Normal Profile 7
(L.) Dunal
Main Synonym :
Physalis somnifera L.
Mediterranean Withania Maltese name not known May-Sep Normal Profile 9
TAMARICACEAE Link ( Tamarix Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Shrubs or small trees. Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, usually ericoid. Flowers solitary or in spike-like racemes, hermaphrodite, actinomorphic. Sepals 4-5, free or slightly united at the base; petals 4-5, free; stamens 4 to numerous, free or partly united. Ovary superior, of 3-5 carpels; placentation parietal. Fruit a septicidal capsule; seeds numerous, with numerous long, unicellular hairs.
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Poir.
Main Synonym :
Tamarix hispanica Poir.
African Tamarisk Bruka Jan-Mar Normal Profile 11
L.
Main Synonym :
Tamarix anglica Webb
Common Tamarisk, Bruka Franċiża Apr-Jun Normal Profile 9
DC.
Main Synonym :
Tamarix cretica Bunge
Small-flowered Tamarisk Bruka roża May-Jul Normal Profile 0
TROPAEOLACEAE DC. ( Nasturtium Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Flowers solitary, axillary, hypogynous, zygomorphic, hermaphrodite. Sepals 5, the dorsal produced into a spur; petals 5, clawed; stamens 8, free, unequal; ovary 3-locular, each loculus with 1 pendent ovule; placentation axile; style 1, apical; stigmas 3, linear. Fruit of 3 indehiscent, 1-seeded carpels, which separate from the central axis when mature.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Trophaeum majus Kuntze
Garden Nasturtium, Kapuċċinella, Oct-Apr Detailed Profile 53
TYPHACEAE Juss. ( Cat-tail Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Monoecious. Flowers usually surrounded by hairs or scales (sometimes interpreted as perianth-segments), in 2 dense, superposed, cylindrical, spike-like partial inflorescences, the female below, the male above. Male flowers with simple or forked hairs or linear-lanceolate scales, or naked; stamens in clusters of 1-3 (-8); filaments often irregularly united. Female flowers on branched stalks, with hairs and sometimes also with scales, the branches with sterile flowers. Ovary superior, 1-locular, on a hairy stalk; style persistent; ovule solitary. Fruit dry, usually dehiscent.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Sparganium ramosum Huds.
Branched Bur-Reed, Maltese name not known Apr-Jul Normal Profile 0
Pers.
Main Synonym :
Typha brownii Kunth
Southern Bulrush, Buda Apr-Jul Normal Profile 7
ULMACEAE Mirbel ( Elm Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Deciduous trees, rarely shrubs, without latex. Leaves alternate, simple, usually asymmetrical at base. Flowers all hermaphrodite or male and hermaphrodite. Perianth herbaceous; stamens erect in bud. Fruit a drupe or samara.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Ulmus alba Raf.
American Elm, Ulmu Amerikan, May-Jun Normal Profile 3
Melville
Main Synonym :
Ulmus minor subsp. canescens (Melville) Browicz & Ziel.
Hoary Elm, Nemmiesa, May-Jun Normal Profile 5
Huds.
Main Synonym :
Ulmus montana With.
Wych Elm Ulmu May-Jun Normal Profile 5
Mill.
Main Synonym :
Ulmus procera Salisb.
Small-leaved Elm, Ulmu May-Jun Normal Profile 7
URTICACEAE Juss. ( Nettle Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Herbs, small shrubs or rarely climbers, without latex. Leaves opposite or alternate, simple, usually stipulate. Flowers usually unisexual. Perianth 4- or 5-merous, often persistent. Male flowers with (1-)4 or 5 stamens opposite the perianth-segments and inflexed in bud, often with rudimentary ovary. Female flowers often with small staminodes; ovary superior, 1-locular, sometimes adnate to perianth; style simple; ovule 1, orthotropous. Fruit an achene. Seeds usually with endosperm.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Parietaria bracteata Moench
Cretan Pellitory-of-the-wall Maltese name not known Feb-Apr Normal Profile 4
L.
Main Synonym :
Parietaria diffusa Merl. & W.D.J.Koch
Pellitory-of-the-wall Xeħt ir-riħ komuni All year Normal Profile 7
L.
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No synonyms for this species
Mediterranean Pellitory-of-the-wall Xeħt ir-riħ komuni tad-dell Apr-May Normal Profile 10
L.
Main Synonym :
Urtica submitis Boiss.
Common Nettle, Maltese name not known Dec-Jun Normal Profile 0
Poir. ex Savigny
Main Synonym :
Urtica dubia Forssk.
Large-leaved Nettle, Ħurrieqa komuni Dec-Jun Normal Profile 14
L.
Main Synonym :
Urtica balearica L.
Roman Nettle Ħurrieq taż-żibeġ Feb-May Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Urtica parvula Blume
Small Nettle, Ħurrieq żgħir Dec-May Normal Profile 5
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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L.
Main Synonym :
Duranta repens L.
Golden Dewdrop, Maltese name not known Feb-Jun Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Lantana armata Schauer
Lantana, Lantana Apr-Nov Normal Profile 9
Briq.
Main Synonym :
Lantana selloi Steud.
Trailing Lantana Lantana xeblieka Apr-Nov Normal Profile 8
L.
Main Synonym :
Lippia repens Spreng.
Lippia, Maltese name not known Jun-Jul Normal Profile 5
L.
Main Synonym :
Verbena officinalis L.
Common Verbena, Buqexrem Apr-Dec Normal Profile 8
VIOLACEAE Batsch. ( Violet Family ) Subfamalies: Fusispermoideae; Leonioideae; Violoideae Family Description: Small shrubs or herbs. Leaves alternate, stipulate, usually undivided. Flowers hermaphrodite, solitary. Sepals 5, persistent. Petals 5, free. Stamens 5, introrse, connivent round the ovary. Ovary superior, unilocular, with 3 placentas and numerous ovules. Fruit a 3-valved capsule. Seeds endospermic.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Viola stolonifera J.J.Rodr.
Sweet Violet, Vjola Feb-Apr Normal Profile 13
VITACEAE Juss. ( Vine Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Shrubs, usually diffuse and climbing by means of leaf-opposed tendrils. Leaves alternate, stipulate, usually palmately lobed or divided. Flowers small, actinomorphic, in terminal or leaf opposed cymes or panicles. Sepals 5, united; petals 5, free or united distally; stamens 5, antepetalous. Ovary superior,2-locular; style and stigma 1; fruit a berry with 2-4 seeds.
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Planch.
Main Synonym :
Vitis cinerea (Engelm.) Millardet
Grapevine Rootstock, Maltese name not known Apr-May Normal Profile 0
Scheele
Main Synonym :
Vitis rupestris var. dissecta Eggert ex L.H.Bailey
Mountain grape, Maltese name not known Apr-May Normal Profile 0
L.
Main Synonym :
Vitis laciniosa L.
Grape Vine, Dielja, Apr-May Normal Profile 7
L.
Main Synonym :
Vitis amara Raf.
American Grape Vine Maltese name not known Apr-May Normal Profile 0
ZOSTERACEAE Dumort. ( Eelgrass Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Perennial, submerged marine herbs. Rhizome creeping, with long internodes, bearing at each node 2 or more unbranched roots and a leaf with a short shoot in its axil. Short shoots with several distichous, linear leaves with compressed, sheathing bases. Flowering stems lateral or terminal. Inflorescence enclosed in the sheathing base of a spathe. Flowers with 1 dorsifixed, sessile stamen and 1 unilocular ovary with a style and 2 long, filiform stigmas, arranged alternately on the margin of the flattened axis; perianth absent. Pollen-grains filiform. Ovule 1.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Zostera stenophylla Raf.
Eelgrass Alka tas-salini, Apr-Aug Normal Profile 0
Hornem.
Main Synonym :
Zostera nodosa Guss.
Dwarf Eelgrass Alka tal-Pwales, Apr-Aug Normal Profile 1
ZYGOPHYLLACEAE R. Br. ( Creosote Bush Family ) Subfamalies: Larreoideae; Morkillioideae; Seetzenioideae; Tribuloideae; Zygophylloideae Family Description: Herbs or shrubs. Leaves stipulate, usually pinnate. Flowers hermaphrodite, usually actinomorphic, (4-)5-merous. Disc present. Stamens usually twice as many as petals. Ovary superior, usually angled or winged. Fruit dry or fleshy.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Tribulus lanuginosus L.
Maltese Cross, Salib tal-art, Jun-Nov Normal Profile 12
(L.) Christenh. & Byng
Main Synonym :
Fagonia hispanica L.
Fagonia Fagonja Mar-May Normal Profile 12
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