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Helichrysum sanguineum, known in English as red everlasting and red cudweed, is a flowering plant of the genus Helichrysum in the family Asteraceae.[1] It grows in mountain forests in the Levant where it blooms in April–June.[1][2]

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Helichrysum sanguineum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Helichrysum
Species:	H. sanguineum
Binomial name
Helichrysum sanguineum (L.) Kostel

Helichrysum sanguineum is a protected plant in Israel[3] and the Palestinian Authority.^{[citation needed]}

The flower, named in modern Hebrew "blood of the Maccabees", has become the icon of Yom Hazikaron, Memorial Day for Israel's Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism.[1]

Name

Scientific name

Helichrysum sanguineum (L.) Kostel is not to be mistaken for Helichrysum sanguineum Boiss. = Gnaphalium sanguineum L., which is known in English as sowbread[4] or cyclamen.

Arabic

In Arabic, the flower is known as "دم المسيح" (dam al-Massiah), meaning "blood of the Messiah"/"blood of Christ".

Israel (Modern Hebrew)

In Israel, it is known as "blood of the Maccabees" (Hebrew: דם המכבים, dam hamakabim). The name is derived from a legend saying that in every spot where the flower grows, a drop of blood has spilled on the earth.[1] Since 2019, the non-profit organization Dam HaMaccabim has been distributing pins with the Red Everlasting flower throughout Israel.[5][6]

Distribution

The plant grows in the Levant, including: western Syria,[7] the Mediterranean coast of Lebanon and Mount Lebanon up to an altitude of 1000 m,[8] on the Golan Heights, in most of the northern and central part of Israel and the West Bank (Upper and Lower Galilee, around the Sea of Galilee, on Mount Carmel and the Coastal Plain south of it, Mount Gilboa, the northern part of the Jordan Valley, Samaria, the Judean mountains and the Shefela), and the mountainous Gilead region in Jordan[9] (the areas of Jarash and Dibeen, Ajloun, and Al-Salt).[2]

See also

• Wildlife in Israel
• Flora of Lebanon

References

External links

Media related to Helichrysum sanguineum at Wikimedia Commons

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