Syrian Artichoke / حَرشَف سوري /

أرضي شوكي / الخرشوف السوري / خرفيش / خُرفَيش الحَمير /

Cynara syriaca Boiss.

Edibility and usage

Blooming period
June to August
Seed collection period
August to December

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Violet
Leaf type
  • Dissected
Life form
  • Hemicryptophyte

Scientifc data

Genus
Cynara L.
Family
Asteraceae
Wikidata item
Q15577171
GBIF Item
Cynara syriaca Boiss. (3112376)

References

  1. Hamami, R.(2021).From Crown Anemone to Buchy Bean Caper.Ramallah:A.M. Qattan Foundation.(English and Arabic)
  2. Cynara syriaca Boiss. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-08-01.
  3. Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
  4. Crowfoot, Grace Mary Hood. From Cedar to Hyssop; a Study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine. London, Sheldon Press; New York and Toronto, The Macmillan Co., 1932.
  5. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  6. إسحق، جاد. التراث البيئي النباتي في فلسطين. القدس: معهد الأبحاث التطبيقية - أريج، 1992.
  7. Hadas, Rivka, and Alexandra Sirota. “An Overview of the Goals and Functions of the Israeli Gene Bank for Agricultural Crops.” Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 54, no. 3 (January 1, 2006): 149–56.

Citation

Cynara syriaca Boiss. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/830 accessed via barari.org on 1/22/2026.

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