A rare species of flower was recently discovered in the Negev by Israeli botanists.
The flower is of the Colchicum family, a perennial flowering plant found in the Negev. However, unlike the more common Colchicum, the new species, called a “Shimper” Colchicum, is found in Israel only at the location it was discovered.
Prof. Avi Shmida of the Hebrew University and botanists Mimi Ron, Dudik Rivner and Dafna Carmeli visited the location at the Se’ifim plateau, near the Egyptian border, on Saturday. They examined the population of Colchicum flowers in the area, in full bloom right now, which was discovered in 1988 by a teacher from Eilat and was previously considered to consist of the common Colchicum only
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