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Honey flowers

Discover the plants that feed bees and shape the diversity of honeys. Each profile presents their characteristics, flowering period, and beekeeping value.

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Rosemary
FebruaryMarsApril

Rosemary

Rosmarinus officinalis

  • Siliana
  • Le Kef
  • Kasserine
  • Zaghouan
  • Béja
  • Rosemary Honey
  • Mountain Honey / Wildflower

Iconic aromatic plant of calcareous Mediterranean environments and garrigues.

Small-fruited Asphodel
JanuaryFebruaryMarsApril

Small-fruited Asphodel

Asphodelus microcarpus / Asphodelus ramosus

  • Northern Hills and Plains
  • Zaghouan
  • Siliana
  • Cap Bon
  • Mountain Honey / Wildflower

A robust spring wild plant that invades overgrazed land and arid hills.

Spiny Broom
FebruaryMarsAprilMai

Spiny Broom

Calicotome villosa / Calicotome spinosa

  • North of Tunisia
  • Collines du Sahel
  • Cap Bon
  • Kef
  • Siliana
  • Mountain Honey / Wildflower

Thorny wild shrub covering the Mediterranean hills, with bright yellow flowers.

Sticky fleabane
SeptemberOctoberNovember

Sticky fleabane

Dittrichia viscosa / Inula viscosa

  • North of Tunisia
  • Coastal plains
  • Sahel
  • Mountain Honey / Wildflower

Invasive pioneer plant of wastelands, roadsides, and wetlands, essential for beekeeping overwintering.

Sunflower
JuneJuly

Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

  • Béja
  • Jendouba
  • Bizerte

Large summer industrial crop in the fertile plains of northern Tunisia.

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Tomato

Solanum lycopersicum

  • Tunisian Vegetable Growing Zones

A major market garden crop in Tunisia, grown in open fields and greenhouses. Its anthers primarily release their pollen through vibration.

Tree heath
MarsAprilOctoberNovemberDecember

Tree heath

Erica arborea / Erica multiflora

  • Mogods (Sejnane)
  • Kroumirie (Tabarka, Ain Draham)
  • Bizerte
  • Heather Honey
  • Mountain Honey / Wildflower

Major component of the maquis in the humid and subhumid northern Tunisia.

Viper's Bugloss
AprilMaiJune

Viper's Bugloss

Echium vulgare / Echium pycnanthum

  • North of Tunisia
  • Medjerda Valley
  • Béja
  • Bizerte
  • Zaghouan
  • Mountain Honey / Wildflower

A biennial wild plant producing superb blue to purple flowers very rich in nectar.

White Horehound
MaiJune

White Horehound

Marrubium vulgare

  • Hautes steppes du Centre (Sidi Bouzid, Kasserine)
  • Le Kef
  • Siliana
  • Marjoram Honey
  • Mountain Honey / Wildflower

Hardy and medicinal plant growing in degraded pastures, steppes, and forest edges.

Wild Caper
MaiJuneJulyAugust

Wild Caper

Capparis spinosa

  • Kairouan
  • Zaghouan
  • Sidi Bouzid
  • Siliana
  • Southern Tunisia
  • Caper Honey

Thorny, creeping shrub, very resistant to drought, common in the center and south.

Wild Jujube Tree
MaiJuneJuly

Wild Jujube Tree

Ziziphus lotus

  • Sidi Bouzid
  • Gafsa
  • Tataouine
  • Médenine
  • Kairouan
  • Gabès
  • Jujube Honey

Thorny wild shrub typical of the arid and semi-arid climates of central and southern Tunisia.

Wild Lavender / Stoechas Lavender
AprilMaiJune

Wild Lavender / Stoechas Lavender

Lavandula stoechas

  • Mogods (Sejnane)
  • Kroumirie (Tabarka, Ain Draham)
  • Mountain Honey / Wildflower

Wild plant of the acidic maquis of Northwestern Tunisia, with purple floral spikes topped with tufts.