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Index of Plant Families (5 families in this page)
BORAGINACEAE Juss. ( Borage Family ) Subfamalies: Boraginoideae; Cordioideae; Ehretioideae; Heliotropioideae; Hydrophylloideae; Lennooideae Family Description: Herbs or dwarf shrubs, often hispid. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, simple. Flowers usually in scorpioid cymes, usually actinomorphic. Calyx 5-toothed or-lobed. Corollas lobed, cylindrical, campanulate, hypocrateriform or rotate, usually with a distinct tube and limb; tube often with 5 scales, invaginations, or tufts or lines of hairs inside, sometimes with an annulus at the base. Stamens 5, inserted on the corolla and alternating with the lobes. Ovary superior, 2- or 4-locular; style usually simple, arising from between the 4 lobes of the ovary (gynobasic), rarely terminal. Fruit of 2 or 4 nutlets (rarely 1 or 3 by abortion).
Botanical Name
Common Name
Maltese Name
Flowering Period
Thumbnail Picture
Profile Type
Retzi.
Main Synonym :
Anchusa azurea Mill.
Italian Bugloss, Large Blue alkanet, Garden Anchusa Lsien il-Fart ikħal Apr-Jun Detailed Profile with 30 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Borago hortensis L.
Common Borage, Common Bugloss, Burrage Fidloqqom Dec-May Detailed Profile with 59 images.
(L.) I.M.Johnst.
Main Synonym :
Lithospermum arvense L. Lithospermum arvense L.
Field Gromwell, Corn Gromwell Maltese name not known Feb-Apr Normal Profile with 8 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Cerinthe acuta Moench
Honeywort, Great Honeywort Qniepen Feb-Apr Detailed Profile with 40 images.
Mill.
Main Synonym :
Cynoglossum amplexicaule Lam.
Blue Hound's Tongue Ilsien il-kelb Feb-Apr Normal Profile with 10 images.
Guss.
Main Synonym :
Echium diffusum Guss.
Coastal Viper's Bugloss Lsien il-fart tar-ramel, Lsien il-fart tax-xtut Feb-Jun Normal Profile with 9 images.
L. fil.
Main Synonym :
Echium fastuasum Aiton
Pride of Madeira Maltese name not known Apr-Jul Normal Profile with 5 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Echium pyrenaicum L.
Pale Bugloss, Italian Viper's Bugloss, Italian Bugloss Ilsien il-fart abjad, Ilsien il-fart kbir Apr-May Normal Profile with 9 images.
Moench
Main Synonym :
Echium calycinum Viv.
Small-flowered Viper's Bugloss Lsien il-fart żgħir Jan-Apr Normal Profile with 11 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Echium lycopsis L.
Purple Viper's Bugloss, Paterson's Curse, Salvation Jane Lsien il-fart vjola Mar-May Normal Profile with 5 images.
Pomel
Main Synonym :
Echium sabulicola var. gussonei Klotz
Sand Viper's Bugloss Lsien il-fart tax-xatt Apr-May Normal Profile with 18 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Heliotropium glaucum Salisb.
Salt Heliotrope, Seaside Heliotrope, Quailplant Vanilja bajda tal-baħar May-Jul Normal Profile with 4 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Heliotropium majus Garsault
Common Heliotrope, Potato weed, European Heliotrope Vanilja bajda Jun-Sep Detailed Profile with 35 images.
Rochel
Main Synonym :
Myosotis collina Hoffm.
Early Forget-me-not Widnet il-ġurdien Mar-May Normal Profile with 0 images.
(L.) I.M.Johnst.
Main Synonym :
Lithospermum apulum (L.) Vahl
Yellow Gromwell Maltese name not known Mar-Apr Normal Profile with 1 images.
(Ruiz & Pav.) Kunth
Main Synonym :
Hydrolea urens Ruiz & Pav. Wigandia caracasana Kunth
Wigandia Maltese name not known May-Sep Normal Profile with 11 images.
CONVOLVULACEAE Juss. ( BindWeed Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Herbs or shrubs. Stems often climbing. Leaves alternate, exstipulate. Flowers actinomorphic, in terminal or axillary inflorescences, sometimes solitary. Sepals 5, usually free. Corolla infundibuliform, tubular or campanulate, usually 5-lobed or -angled. Stamens 5, alternating with corolla-lobes. Ovary 1- to 4-locular, superior; ovules 1 or 2 in each loculus; style terminal. Fruit a capsule.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Maltese Name
Flowering Period
Thumbnail Picture
Profile Type
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(Ten.) G.Don
Main Synonym :
Calystegia sepium × C. silvatica
Hybrid bindweed Leblieb bagħal Jun-Aug Normal Profile with 7 images.
(L.) R.Br.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus sepium L.
Hedge bindweed Leblieb kbir roża May-Jul Normal Profile with 5 images.
Griseb.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus silvaticus Kit.
Great bindweed Leblieb kbir May-Jul Normal Profile with 0 images.
(L.) R.Br.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus soldanella L.
Sea bindweed, Sand bindweed Leblieb tar-ramel, Leblieb tal-baħar Apr-May Normal Profile with 6 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Mallow bindweed, Mallow-leaved bindweed, Riviera bindweed Leblieb tax-xagħri roża Mar-Jun Normal Profile with 9 images.
(Sm.) Stace
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus elegantissimus Mill. Convolvulus elegantissimus Miller
Silvery Mallow-Leaved BindWeed, Dissected Mallow-Leaved BindWeed Leblieba tax-xagħri ċar, Leblieba tax-xagħri tal-werqa fiddenija Mar-Jun Detailed Profile with 36 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus auriculatus Desr.
Field BindWeed, Lesser bindweed, Morning Glory Flower Leblieb tar-raba May-Sep Detailed Profile with 40 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus terrestris L.
Cantabrican morning glory, Dwarf bindweed, Cantabrican bindweed Leblieb skars Apr-Jun Normal Profile with 8 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus intermedius Loisel.
Narrow-leaved bindweed, Pygmy bindweed Leblieb abjad, Leblieb tax-xatt Mar-Jun Normal Profile with 13 images.
Desr.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus linearis Curtis
Pink bindweed, Olive-leaved bindweed Leblieb tal-irdum, Leblieb tal-blat Jan-Oct Normal Profile with 14 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus arcuatus C. Presl
Two-coloured bindweed, Grassy bindweed Leblieb żgħir Mar-May Normal Profile with 13 images.
Viv.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus mauritanicus Boiss.
Blue rock bindweed, Ground blue bindweed, Savona bindweed Leblieb ta' Savona May-Sep Normal Profile with 8 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus ovatus Moench
Blue bindweed, Small bindweed Leblieb tal-werqa tleqq Mar-May Normal Profile with 16 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus cupanianus Death.
Three-coloured bindweed, Dwarf Morning Glory Leblieb ikħal, Leblieb tal-werqa tleqq Apr-May Normal Profile with 4 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Cressa humifusa Lam.
Mediterranean bindweed, Grey-leaved Marsh Cresse, Salt Cresse Kressa May-Jul Normal Profile with 7 images.
Yunck.
Main Synonym :
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.
Western Field Dodder, Golden Dodder, Field Dodder Pittma tal-Amerika Mar-May Normal Profile with 10 images.
(L.) L.
Main Synonym :
Cuscuta europaea var. epithymum L.
Dodder, Clover Dodder, Thyme Dodder Pittma Jan-May Normal Profile with 12 images.
Vahl
Main Synonym :
Monogynella monogyna (Vahl) Hadac
One-seeded dodder Maltese name not known Jan-May Normal Profile with 0 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Ipomoea bona-nox L.
Moonflower vine, Tropical white morning glory, Moon vine Kampanella bajda Mar-Jul Normal Profile with 5 images.
(L.) Lam.
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus batatas L.
Sweet potato vine Patata Ħelwa Apr-Jun Normal Profile with 0 images.
(L.) Sweet
Main Synonym :
Ipomoea palmata Forssk.
Cairo morning glory, Mile-a-minute Vine, Messina creeper Kampanella tal-Eġittu Oct-Jul Normal Profile with 12 images.
Merr.
Main Synonym :
Ipomoea cathartica Poir.
Blue morning Glory, Oceanblue morning Glory, Blue Dawnflower Kampanella tal-Indja Apr-Nov Normal Profile with 20 images.
(L.) Roth
Main Synonym :
Ipomoea diversifolia Lindl.
Purple morning glory, Common morning Glory, Tall morning Glory Kampanella komuni, Kampanella vjola Feb-Oct Normal Profile with 3 images.
Cav.
Main Synonym :
Ipomoea rubro-caerulea Hook.
Morning glory, Mexican morning glory Kampanella kaħla Mar-Jul Normal Profile with 4 images.
LAMIACEAE Lindl. ( Mint Family ) Conservative synonym: Labiatae Subfamalies: Symphorematoideae; Viticoideae; Ajugoideae; Prostantheroideae; Nepetoideae; Scutellarioideae; Lamioideae Family Description: Herbs or shrubs, often glandular and aromatic. Leaves usually simple, exstipulate, opposite. Flowers zygomorphic, usually in contracted and modified cymes in the axils of opposite bracts or floral leaves, forming pseudowhorls called verticillasters, which in turn are arranged in simple or compound spike-like, cymose, corymbose, paniculate or capitate inflorescences; rarely in true cymes. Bracts leaf-like, or much reduced or modified (usually called floral leaves when conspicuous). Bracteoles usually small, sometimes absent. Calyx usually 4- or 5-lobed, often 2-lipped with the upper lip 3-toothed and the lower 2-toothed. Corolla sympetalous; limb usually 5-lobed, often 2-lipped with the upper lip 2-lobed and the lower lip 3-lobed, rarely all 5 lobes forming the lower lip. Stamens usually 4, didynamous, rarely 2. Ovary superior, 2-carpellate but appearing equally 4-lobed when mature due to further partition; style single, usually branched above and gynobasic. Fruit of four 1-seeded nutlets.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Maltese Name
Flowering Period
Thumbnail Picture
Profile Type
(L.) Schreb.
Main Synonym :
Teucrium iva L.
Southern Bugle, French Groundpine, Southern Groundpine Xantkura Mar-Nov Normal Profile with 7 images.
(Robill. & Castagne ex DC.) Briq.
Main Synonym :
Ajuga iva subsp. Pseudoiva Ajuga iva subsp. Pseudoiva
Yellow Southern Bugle, French Groundpine Xantkura safra Mar-Nov Normal Profile with 7 images.
(Sw.) Briq.
Main Synonym :
Ballota ruderalis Sw. Ballota nigra subsp. uncinata (Bég.) Patzak
Black Horehound, Black Hoarhound, Stinking Horehound Marrubja sewda Oct-Apr Detailed Profile with 51 images.
(L.) Kuntze
Main Synonym :
Melissa nepeta L. Calamuntha nepeta (L.) Savi
Lesser Calamint, Nepitella, Basil thyme Kalaminta, Kammilta Oct-Apr Detailed Profile with 51 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Pollichia amplexicaulis (L.) Willd.
Henbit Dead Nettle, Common Henbit, Giraffe Head Kapilliera Feb-Apr Normal Profile with 8 images.
Mill.
Main Synonym :
Lavandula officinalis Chaix
Common Lavender, True Lavender Spika tal-Kamla May-Sep Normal Profile with 5 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Stoechas dentata Mill.
French Lavender, Fringed Lavender Spika Franċiża Jun-Nov Normal Profile with 0 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Lavandula pinnatifida Webb
Fern-leaved Lavender, Egyptian Lavender, French Lace Lavender Spika tal-weraq maqtugħ, Spika tal-Eġittu May-Sep Normal Profile with 4 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Marrubium apulum Ten.
White Horehound, Common Horehound Marrubja bajda Apr-Jun Normal Profile with 0 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Thymus melissa E.H.L.Krause
Balm, Lemon Balm Nagħniegħ in-naħal, Buriħa, Melissa May-Jul Normal Profile with 8 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Mentha adspersa Moench
Water Mint Nagħniegħ selvaġġ Apr-Jul Normal Profile with 0 images.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Mentha ×balsamea Willd.
Peppermint Nagħniegħ tas-seba' rwejjaħ Jul-Oct Normal Profile with 9 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Mentha exigua L.
Peppermint, Pennroyal Mint, European Pennyroyal Plejju Apr-Jul Normal Profile with 10 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Mentha viridis (L.) L.
Spear Mint Nagħniegħ, Nagħniegħ tal-ikel May-Aug Normal Profile with 10 images.
Ehrh.
Main Synonym :
Mentha rotundifolia (L.) Huds.
Round-leaved Mint Nagħniegħ Selvaġġ Apr-Jul Normal Profile with 5 images.
(L.) Benth. ex Rchb.
Main Synonym :
Satureja graeca L.
Greek Savory, Pink Micromeria Sagħtrija Griega Mar-Jul Normal Profile with 6 images.
Benth.
Main Synonym :
Satureja microphylla Guss.
Maltese savory, Small-leaved Micromeria Xpakkapietra, Xkattapietra, Sagħtrija Nov-May Normal Profile with 15 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Ocimum album L.
Basil, Common Basil Ħabaq Apr-Sep Normal Profile with 3 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Dictamnus creticus Garsault
Dittany, Dittany of Crete, Hop Marjoram Rieġnu ta' Ġnien il-kbir May-Sep Normal Profile with 0 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Majorana hortensis Moench
Marjoram, Sweet Organic, Sweet Majoram Merqtux, Merdqux May-Sep Normal Profile with 10 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Majorana onites Benth.
White Marjoram, Pot Marjoram Riegnu abjad May-Sep Normal Profile with 0 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Origanum floridum Salisb.
Oregano, Wild Marjoram, Greek Oregano Riegnu selvaġġ, Merqdux selvaġġ May-Sep Normal Profile with 8 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Phlomis latifolia Mill.
Great Sage, Jerusalem Sage Salvja tal-Madonna Apr-Jun Normal Profile with 7 images.
(Lour.) Spreng.
Main Synonym :
Coleus amboinicus Lour.
Cuban oregano, Spanish thyme, Mexican thyme Maltese name not known Feb-Jun Normal Profile with 3 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Prasium minus L.
White Hedge-Nettle, Mediterranean Prasium Te` Sqalli Jan-May Normal Profile with 14 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Rosmarinus angustifolius Mill.
Rosemary Klin All Year Normal Profile with 12 images.
Mill.
Main Synonym :
Salvia triloba L.f.
Three-lobed Sage Salvja ta' Sqallija May-Aug Normal Profile with 15 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Salvia grandiflora Ten.
Common Sage Salvja tal-ikel May-Jul Normal Profile with 0 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Salvia horminioides Pourr.
Wild Sage, Wild Clary, Vervain Salvia Salvja selvaġġa, Haxixet il-Fwied Dec-Mar Normal Profile with 8 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Hesiodia romana (L.) Samp.
Common Siderits, Simplebeak Ironwort Sideritis Mar-May Normal Profile with 7 images.
Briq.
Main Synonym :
Stachys hirta L.
Hairy Woundwort, Yellow Woundwort, Italian Hedge-nettle Betonika Mar-Jun Normal Profile with 10 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Chamaedrys flava Moench
Yellow Germander Borgħom komuni May-Jul Normal Profile with 7 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Teucrium tomentosum Moench
Olive-leaved Germander, Evergreen Germander, Shrubby Germander Żebbuġija Dec-Jun Normal Profile with 12 images.
(Schreb.) Arcang.
Main Synonym :
Teucrium scordioides Schreb.
Water Germander Borgħom tal-ilma Apr-Jun Normal Profile with 8 images.
(L.) Cav.
Main Synonym :
Thymbrus capitatus Hoffmanns. & Link
Mediterranean Thyme, Headed Savory, Conhead Thyme Sagħtar May-Jul Normal Profile with 20 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Vitex latifolia Mill.
Chaste Tree, Monk's Pepper, Virgin Bush Siġret il-virgi, Għadib, Bżar il-Patrijiet Jun-Sep Normal Profile with 15 images.
SOLANACEAE Juss. ( Potato Family ) Subfamalies: Cestroideae; Goetzeoideae; Nicotianoideae; Petunioideae; Schizanthoideae; Schwenckioideae; Solanoideae Family Description: Herbs or shrubs. Leaves simple to pinnate, exstipulate. Flowers actinomorphic or zygomorphic, hermaphrodite. Calyx (3-)5(-6) lobed or -dentate. Corolla rotate to campanulate, infundibuliform or tubular, 5(6- or 10)-lobed, rarely subentire; lobes valvate or plicate in bud. Stamens 5(-8), adnate to the corolla-tube and alternating with the lobes; anthers usually with introrse longitudinal dehiscence. Ovary superior, with 2 (rarely more) loculi; style simple; stigma entire to 2-lobed. Fruit a capsule or berry usually 2-locular. Seeds usually numerous (rarely 2-11).
Botanical Name
Common Name
Maltese Name
Flowering Period
Thumbnail Picture
Profile Type
Mill.
Main Synonym :
Datura meteloides Dunal
Downy Thorn Apple, Desert Thorn Apple, Angel's Trumpet Siġret ir-rizzi Apr-Oct Normal Profile with 3 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Datura tatula L.
Common Thorn Apple, Apple of Peru, Devil's Trumpet Maltese name not known Apr-Oct Normal Profile with 8 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Hyoscyamus minor Mill.
White Henbane, Russian Henbane Mammażejża, Bang Apr-May Detailed Profile with 61 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Hyoscyamus lethalis Salisb.
Henbane, Black Henbane Maltese name not known Apr-Jun Normal Profile with 0 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Lycium halimifolium Mill.
Chinese Wolfberry, Himalayan Goji Berry, Barbary matrimony vine Għawseġ tax-xarq, Goxi selvaġġ May-Sep Normal Profile with 6 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Lycium chinense Mill.
Mediterranean Tea Tree, Mediterranean Boxthorn, Spiny Jujube Tree Għawseġ tal-Mediterran Mar-Jul Normal Profile with 6 images.
Miers.
Main Synonym :
Lycium macrocalyx Dammer
African Tea Tree, African Boxthorn, Cape Boxthorn Għawseġ tal-Afrika Mar-Jul Normal Profile with 9 images.
Boiss.
Main Synonym :
Lycium shawii Roem. & Schult.
Southern Tea Tree, Southern Boxthorn Għawseġ tal-ħitan Mar-Jul Normal Profile with 12 images.
Graham
Main Synonym :
Siphaulax glabra Raf.
Glaucous Tobacco, Tree Tobacco, Shrub Tobacco Tabakk tas-swar, Siġra tat-Tabakk Apr-Oct Normal Profile with 14 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Physalis pubescens var. peruviana
Peruvian Cape Gooseberry Tuffieħ tal-fanal May-Jun Normal Profile with 8 images.
Cav.
Main Synonym :
Solanum saponaceum Hook.
Silver-leaf Nightshade Maltese name not known Apr-Sep Normal Profile with 4 images.
Hepper & P.-M.L.Jaeger
Main Synonym :
Solanum sodmeum Dunal
Brown Nightshade Maltese name not known Apr-Oct Normal Profile with 0 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Lycopersicum esculentum Mill.
Tomato Tadama Apr-Jun Normal Profile with 6 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Solanum exaratum Raf.
Black Nightshade, Garden Nightshade, Poisonberry Għeneb id-dib iswed All Year Normal Profile with 11 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Solanum andigenum Juz. & Bukasov
Potato Patata Apr-Jun Normal Profile with 4 images.
Mill.
Main Synonym :
Solanum sinaicum Boiss.
Yellow Nightshade, Hairy Nightshade, Red-fruited Nightshade Għeneb id-dib isfar, Tuffieħ is-serp Apr-Nov Normal Profile with 7 images.
(L.) Dunal
Main Synonym :
Physalis somnifera L.
Mediterranean Withania Maltese name not known May-Sep Normal Profile with 9 images.
VERBENACEAE Jaume St.-Hil ( Vervain Family ) Subfamalies: nil. Family Description: Herbs or shrubs with opposite or verticillate leaves. Flowers 4- to 5-merous, weakly zygomorphic. Calyx usually small. Corolla rotate. Ovary superior, initially 1-locular but becoming 2- to 4-locular by the development of septa; style terminal; ovules usually 1 in each loculus. Fruit usually a drupe, rarely a capsule or dividing into 2 or 4 1-seeded nutlets.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Maltese Name
Flowering Period
Thumbnail Picture
Profile Type
L.
Main Synonym :
Duranta repens L.
Golden Dewdrop, Sky Flower Maltese name not known Feb-Jun Normal Profile with 5 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Lantana armata Schauer
Lantana, Spanish Flag Lantana Apr-Nov Normal Profile with 9 images.
Briq.
Main Synonym :
Lantana selloi Steud.
Trailing Lantana Lantana xeblieka Apr-Nov Normal Profile with 8 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Lippia repens Spreng.
Lippia, Creeping Lip Plant, Turkey Tangle Fogfruit Maltese name not known Jun-Jul Normal Profile with 5 images.
L.
Main Synonym :
Verbena officinalis L.
Common Verbena, Vervain, Herb-of-the-cross Buqexrem Apr-Dec Normal Profile with 8 images.
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