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Plants Unique to Palestine:
Among about 165 vascular plant species known solely from Palestine are the
Palestine Iris Iris Palaestina, the Dark-purple Iris Iris atropurpurea, the Mount
Gilboa Iris Iris haynei, the Sharon Plain Sedge Cyperus sharonensis, the Palestine
Bedstraw Galium philistaeum, the Israel Orchid Anacamptis israelitica, the Tel Aviv
Stork's Bill Erodium telavivense, a sorrel Rumex aeroplaniformis, the Jaffa Groundsel
Senecio joppensis, the Har Ramon Buffonia Bufonia ramonensis, the Har Ramon
Caper Shrub Capparis ramonensis, the Naqab Alkanet Hormuzakia negevensis, the
Danin Fennel Ferula daninii, the Plantain Plantago sabulosa, the Naqab Onion
Allium negevense, and Allium tardiflorum. Mosheovia is sometimes considered an
endemic genus distinct from the widespread Scrophularia (Living National
Treasures; Khalaf-von Jaffa, 2012).

Jaffa Groundsel Senecio joppensis. Kuwait. Photo by: Carol Spears. 26.02.2005.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senecio_glaucus#mediaviewer/File:Senecio_glaucus_Kuwai
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Palestine and Israel are included in the Mediterranean Basin biodiversity
hotspot. Important terrestrial ecoregions include the Eastern Mediterranean
Conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf Forests and the Southern Anatolian Montane
Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin – Number 125 – May 2015