page_title: Helichrysum sanguineum
section_title: Israel (Modern Hebrew)
hierarchical_section_title: Helichrysum sanguineum / Name / Israel (Modern Hebrew)
caption_attribution_description: Helichrysum sanguineum (L.) Kostel. (דם-המכבים האדום), Mount Carmel, Israel, April 29, 2008.
context_page_description: Helichrysum sanguineum Kostel, known in English as Red Everlasting and Red cudweed is a flowering plant of the genus Helichrysum in the daisy family. It grows in mountain forests in the Levant where it blooms in April-June.
  H. sanguineum is a protected plant in Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
  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.
context_section_description: 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. Since 2019, the non-profit organization Dam HaMaccabim has been distributing pins with the Red Everlasting flower throughout Israel.
caption: Helichrysum sanguineum on Mount Carmel
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