Plant

Critically endangered perennial herb successfully propagated by KKL-JNF

The endangered herb is mostly found in the Sharon and Menashe heights but exists in only small, isolated spots across the country as its population has declined since the mid-20th century.

Teucrium Procerum
Flower-free at Elie Wiesel Plaza in the Yefe Nof neighborhood in Jerusalem.

Jerusalem public spaces lay barren as flowers die and go months without being replaced

FLORA PALAESTINA’ – 316 native species and over 2,000 uses

New Israeli website gets down to the roots of nature’s medicine chest

 Israeli scientists: Stressed plants emit ultrasonic sounds influencing insect behavior.

Israeli scientists: Stressed plants emit ultrasonic sounds influencing insect behavior


Israeli company makes ‘stable and uniform’ cannabis seeds for 1st export

The seeds were shipped this week to the United States, the first time ever that cannabis seeds have been exported from Israel.

Hemp seeds cannabis sativa

Six burned to death after blast at Indian chemical plant

The blast on Sunday night took place in a hub for chemical and petrochemical manufacturing units at the state's Dahej industrial estate.

 An employee works inside Alembic Pharmaceutical Limited's plant in Halol, in the western state of Gujarat, India, July 14, 2017.

New research finds how plants develop aerial roots

A Hebrew University team has found, through genetic research, how plants make aerial roots – allowing smarter, more effective way to grow crops and plants.

 ficus

Jerusalem Botanical Garden: Flowering in Israel's capital

The Jerusalem Botanical Gardens has the largest collection of plants and trees in Israel.

 A view of the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens.

Iran, terror financing, can be stopped by growing saffron - MK Hauser

Iran produces 90% of the world's saffron, the world's most expensive spice — Which New Hope MK Zvi Hauser is concerned is used to finance terrorism and Iran.

 Saffron

Plants, bacteria use TIR receptor to boost immune response - study

The study also elaborates that the new information may help strengthen the defenses of plants in order to prevent billions of dollars in crop losses.

The Weizmann Institute of Science is seen in Rehovot, Israel.

Hanukkah’s botanical link to Israel's past

The moriah plant, shaped like the menorah, releases its fragrance in the heat of the day.

 SALVIA, A member of the sage family.

Millennia-old plant remains shed light on climate change in Israel

Archaeologists from TAU, Tel Hai College and U. of Montpellier reconstruct how weather evolved over 10,000 years.

 The prehistoric archaeological site Jordan River Dureijat ("Jordan River Stairs") on the shores of the Paleo Lake Hula

'Penis plant' blooms in Netherlands for third time in European history

The last time the rare flower was observed was 25 years ago. Visitors and botanists all over Europe are coming to witness the exotic – and rotten smelling – plant.

 Visitors look at the Amorphophallus Titanum, one of the world's largest flowers, at the National Botanic Garden in Meise near Brussels August 8, 2008.

A Jerusalem plant tells a story of eternal hope

Two sisters take a moment to reflect on a jade - a brown stem with one green leaf. As the day progresses, a storm hits, and after the wreckage emerges a new leaf.

 A jade plant on the balcony.