Common name: | Egyptian Campion |
Hebrew name: | צפורנית מצרית |
Latin Name: | Silene aegyptiaca |
Habitat: | Light Soils |
Height: | 40 cm |
Distribution: | Golan, Hermon, Gallilee, Upper Jordan valley, Northern valleys, Carmel, Samarian mountains, Samarian desert, Judean mountains, Sharon, Shefela, Negev hills and Eilat. |
Flowering: | February – March |
Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
Type: | Pink/Purple |
Protected: | No |
Notes: | Forms pink carpets in almond and olive groves |