Our ancestors whined about the luxuries they lost in Egypt... ”We remember the fish we used to eat in Egypt... the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, & the garlic..." (Numbers 11:5)
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| Common name | Wild Leek | ||||||||||||
| Hebrew name |
שום גבוה |
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| أللّغة آلعربيّة | ثوم العفريت | ||||||||||||
| Family | Amaryllidaceae | ||||||||||||
| Petals | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Leaf form | Linear | ||||||||||||
| Leaf margin | Entire | ||||||||||||
| Habitat | Heavy soils | ||||||||||||
| צורת הגבעול | Round | ||||||||||||
| Life form | Geophyte | ||||||||||||
| Distribution in Israel | Golan, Hermon, Gallilee, Mediterranean coast, Upper Jordan valley, Northern valleys, Gilboa, Carmel, Samarian mountains, Samarian desert, Judean mountains, Judean desert and Dead Sea valley, Sharon, Shefela, Northern Negev, Negev hills and Eilat, Jordan Valley, | ||||||||||||
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HeritageOur ancestors whined about the luxuries they lost in Egypt... ”We remember the fish we used to eat in Egypt... the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, & the garlic..." (Numbers 11:5) |
