Capparis spinosa, Common caperbush - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Caper, Common caperbush, Spiny caperbush, Caper bush, Flinders rose

Botanical name & synonyms: Capparis spinosa, Blumea grandiflora, Capparis aculeata, Capparis deserti, Capparis inermis, Capparis leucophylla, Capparis murrayi, Capparis microphylla, Capparis orientalis, Capparis ovata subsp. sicula, Capparis ovata var. canescens, Capparis ovata var. sicula, Capparis ovata, Capparis rupestris, Capparis sativa, Capparis sicula, Capparis sicula var. kruegeriana, Capparis spinosa var. spinosa

Family: (Capparaceae, Capparidaceae)

Small shrub, 0,3 to 1m high, native Mediterranean, North-Africa to East-Asia.

Sow at max. 5ºC, germination irregular, often several months.

• flower IV to IX
  

• moderately frost resistant
  

• weight of 1000 seeds = 9,1 gram