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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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Wild Mint / Pennyroyal Mint
JulyAugustSeptember

Wild Mint / Pennyroyal Mint

Mentha pulegium

  • North-West (Jendouba, Béja, Tabarka, Sejnane)
  • Wild Mint Honey
  • Mountain Honey / Wildflower

Aromatic herbaceous plant that loves the humidity of wadi beds and marshy areas of the North.

Wild Mustard / Steppe Harra
FebruaryMarsApril

Wild Mustard / Steppe Harra

Diplotaxis harra / Diplotaxis simplex

  • Sidi Bouzid
  • Kairouan
  • Gafsa
  • Gabès
  • Sfax
  • Mountain Honey / Wildflower
  • Diplotaxis honey

A very common wild plant in arid and steppe areas, covering vast expanses with a yellow carpet.

Moutardes et Brassicacées sauvages — image générée par intelligence artificielle
JanuaryFebruaryMarsApril

Wild Mustards and Brassicaceae

Brassicaceae spp.

  • Tunisia

Functional group used when pollen identification or observation does not allow for species determination. Brassica and Sinapis types are documented in Tunisian apicultural pollen.

Wild Thistles
MaiJuneJuly

Wild Thistles

Carduus tenuiflorus / Galactites tomentosa

  • Béja
  • Bizerte
  • Siliana
  • Jendouba
  • North-East Plains
  • Thistle Honey
  • Mountain Honey / Wildflower

Wild ruderal plants invading fallow lands and plains after cereal harvest.