Fabaceae
Camelthorn
Alhagi maurorum
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Alhagi
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Common names
By language (20)
- Arabic
- عاقول مغربي, شوك الجمال, عقول
- arz
- عاقول مغربى
- azb
- عادی دوتیکانی
- Azerbaijani
- Adi dəvətikanı
- Bulgarian
- Камилски бодил
- Chinese
- 駱駝刺, 骆驼刺
- Croatian
- Devin trn
- Czech
- Manovec mouřenínský
- English
- Camelthorn, Persian manna
- Finnish
- Kamelinkuropalko
- grc
- Ἐρυσίσκηπτρον
- Hebrew
- הגה מצויה, הגה מצוי
- Kazakh
- Кәдімгі жантақ
- Korean
- 자밀
- lah
- جوانسہ
- Malayalam
- ഒട്ടകമുള്ള്
- nv
- Chʼil hoshí
- Persian
- خار انگبین
- Russian
- Верблюжья колючка мавров
- Sindhi
- ڪانڊيرو
Synonyms
- Alhagi alhagi (L.) Huth
- Alhagi camelorum DC.
- Alhagi camelorum var. spinis-elongatis Boiss.
- Alhagi maurorum subsp. maurorum
- Hedysarum alhagi L.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 20 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: M. B., CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: M. B., CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eitan Ferman, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dr. Nasser Halaweh, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: איתן פרמן, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: איתן פרמן, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Craig Martin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Yuriy75, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Yuriy75, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: brettaugust, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.