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Astragalus spinosus (Forssk.) Muschl.

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Astragalus

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Astragalus spinosus: Astragalus spinosus (Forssk.) Muschl. (קדד משולחף), Northern Negev, Israel, December 30, 2006.
Photo: Gidip, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Arabic
قتاد شوكي, الجداد, جداد
Hebrew
קדד משולחף

Synonyms

  • Astragalus armatus var. libycus Pamp.
  • Astragalus forskahlei Boiss.
  • Astragalus forskahlii Boiss.
  • Astragalus kneuckeri Freyn
  • Astragalus microthamnus Boiss. & Hausskn.
  • Astragalus rauwolfii Vahl
  • Astragalus scorpius Boiss.
  • Astragalus spinosus f. aegyptiacus Bornm.
  • Astragalus spinosus f. palaestinus Bornm.
  • Astragalus spinosus var. hamrinensis Eig
  • Astragalus spinosus var. kneuckeri (Freyn) Täckh. & Boulos
  • Astragalus tumidus Willd.
  • Colutea spinosa Forssk.
  • Saccocalyx tumidus Steven
  • Tragacantha forskaolii Kuntze
  • Tragacantha microthamna (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Kuntze
  • Tragacantha scorpius (Boiss.) Kuntze

Flowers

In flower
February (from 8 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

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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). About our plant data.