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Golden drop
Podonosma orientalis
About
Podonosma orientalis, commonly known as golden drop, is a species of flowering plant resembling a low-lying shrub of the Boraginaceae family, first described by Carl Linnaeus. It is endemic to Turkey, the Eastern Mediterranean, namely, Syria, Lebanon, Israel (Palestine), and stretching as far as the woodlands and desert steppes of Jordan, Iraq, and in Western and Southern Iran. In Israel it is a regular feature in the Judean and Samaritan deserts, as also on Mount Carmel, where it is very common.
- Family
- Boraginaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Podonosma orientalis
- Slug
- podonosma-orientalis
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Podonosma
- Species
- orientalis
- Wikidata QID
- Q6609232
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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