Plants Used in Shouf Biosphere Reserve, Lebanon

Acantholimon libanoticum

Acanthus syriacus

Syrian acanthus

Achillea falcata

Achillea wilhelmsii

Adiantum capillus-veneris

venus hairfern, common maidenhair, common maidenhair fern

Alcea setosa

Allium ampeloprasum

broadleaf wild leek

Allium rotundum

Alnus orientalis

Alopecurus arundinaceus

Amaranthus blitoides

mat amaranth

Amaranthus retroflexus

rough pigweed, redroot amaranth, careless weed

Anchusa azurea

Italian bugloss

Anchusa hybrida

Anemone coronaria

lilies-of-the-field

Anthemis tinctoria

Aristolochia sempervirens

Arum hygrophilum

Arum palaestinum

Solomon's lily

Asparagus acutifolius

Asphodelus microcarpus

Astragalus gummifer

gum tragacanth milkvetch

Avena sterilis

Bellis perennis

lawndaisy

Berberis libanotica

Blitum virgatum

Bongardia chrysogonum

Calendula arvensis

field marigold

Calicotome villosa

Capparis spinosa

caper

Cedrus libani

cedar of Lebanon, Cyprus cedar

Centaurea iberica

Iberian knapweed

Centaurium pulchellum

branched centaury

Centranthus longiflorus

Centranthus ruber

red valerian

Ceterach officinarum

Chenopodium album

lambsquarters goosefoot, common lambsquarters, white goosefoot

Chrozophora tinctoria

giradol

Cichorium intybus

chickory, succory, common chicory

Cichorium pumilum

Cistus creticus

Cistus salviifolius

salvia cistus

Cotoneaster nummularius

Crambe orientalis

Crataegus azarolus

Mediterranean-medlar, azarole

Crataegus monogyna

singleseed hawthorn, oneseed hawthorn

Crocus graveolens

Cyclamen persicum

florist's cyclamen

Cynodon dactylon

Cynoglossum creticum

Datura stramonium

thorn apple, moonflower, jimsonweed

Daucus carota

Queen Anne's lace

Ecballium elaterium

squirting cucumber, exploding cucumber

Echinops spinosissimus

Equisetum telmateia

giant horsetail

Erodium acaule

Eryngium creticum

eryngo

Eryngium glomeratum

Eupatorium cannabinum

hemp agrimony

Euphorbia helioscopia

sun spurge, madwoman's milk, wartweed