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Pincushion Flowers

pincushion flowers, Annual, hairy, stems erect or spreading, up to 45 cm, upper stems reddish. Leaves linear to oblong, greyish, lower leaves sometimes toothed, 0.3-1.2*1-4(-7) cm.

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Climbing Dalechampia

Climbing Dalechampia, Annual, vine with weak stems up to several meters in length. Leaves deeply dissected into three equal-sized lobes with pointed tips and serrated edges.

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Catalina

Catalina, annual, stems branched, erect, up to 60 cm. Leaves elliptic, pointed tip, finely toothed, 2-5*4-10 cm.

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Spurge

Spurge,Annual, stems much-branched, weak, prostrate, up to 25 cm, often purplish. Milky sap exuded when stems are broken.

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Matted Sandmat

Matted sandmat, Annual, stems weak, prostrate, up to 20 cm, often rooting at swollen nodes. Not hairy.

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Milk Vetch

Milk Vetch, an annual, stems branched from base, prostrate to spreading, up to 30 cm.

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Devil-bean

Devil-bean, rattleweed, shake shack, or wedge-leaf rattlepod.

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Horseshoe Vetch

Horseshoe Vetch, a native annual herb with yellow stalkless flowers and curved segmented pods, found on sandy soils of Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah.

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Sticky Indigo

Sticky Indigo, a native perennial with dark red flowers, cupped leaflets, and hairy pods, flowering year-round on sandy soils in the UAE.

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Barak Sicily

Barak Sicily, a native annual herb with yellow flowers and distinctive downward pods half-covered by the calyx, blooming Feb–Apr on rocky slopes.

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Small Fumitory

حشيشة الصبيان، حامض (حميض)COMMON NAME: Small FumitoryARABIC: حشيشة الصبيان، حامض (حميض)BOTANICAL NAME: Fumaria parviflora Lam.SYNONYMS: Fumaria officinalis var. parviflora (Lam.) Ewart; Fumaria vaillantii subsp. parviflo

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Balangu Shirazi (Iran)

Balangu Shirazi or Lallemantia royleana, a small aromatic annual herb with pale blue flowers and scalloped leaves, blooming Feb–Apr on rocky slopes in Fujairah.

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Basil

Ocimum forsskaolii, native UAE aromatic basil with glossy leaves and whorled flower spikes, an annual herb blooming Feb–Apr on rocky slopes.

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Sage

شجرة الغزالCOMMON NAME: SageARABIC: شجرة الغزالBOTANICAL NAME: Salvia spinosa L.SYNONYMS: Sclarea spinosa (L.) Raf.FAMILY: LAMIACEAEKIND: NativeEMIRATE: Ras-Al-Khaimah, FujairahGROWTH FORMS: HerbsHABITATS: Wadi, GulleyTY

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Ludwig's Marshmallow

Ludwig's Marshmallow, native UAE herb with spreading hairy stems, whitish-pink flowers, and segmented round fruits, blooms Feb–May on rocky slopes.

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Swampmallows

Swampmallows, rare UAE perennial herb with erect hairy stems, pink/white flowers, and triangular mericarps, blooms Jan–Apr in gulleys.

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Limeum

ثمينهCOMMON NAME: LimeumARABIC: ثمينهBOTANICAL NAME: Limeum humile ForsskalSYNONYMS: L. obovatum Vicary, L. indicum StocksFAMILY: MOLLUGINACEAEKIND: NativeEMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi, SharjahGROWTH FORMS: HerbsHABITATS: SandyTYPE

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Long-headed poppy, Blind eyes

Long-headed poppy (Papaver dubium), native UAE herb with scarlet flowers, hairy stems, and black seeds, blooms Feb–Apr in rocky wadi slopes.

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