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شجرة الغبرةCOMMON NAME:BindweedARABIC:شجرة الغبرةBOTANICAL NAME:Convolvulus ulicinus Boiss.FAMILY:CONVOLVULACEAEKIND:NativeEMIRATE:FujairahGROWTH FORMS:ShrubsHABITATS:Slope (Rocky)TYPES:PerennialDESCRIPTION:Perennial, wo…
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مجد الصباحCOMMON NAME:Obscure morning glory or small white morning glory.ARABIC:مجد الصباحBOTANICAL NAME:Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker Gawl.FAMILY:CONVOLVULACEAEKIND:IntroducedEMIRATE:FujairahGROWTH FORMS:HerbsHABITATS:Gulley…
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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, 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, annual, stems branched, erect, up to 60 cm. Leaves elliptic, pointed tip, finely toothed, 2-5*4-10 cm.
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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, Annual, stems weak, prostrate, up to 20 cm, often rooting at swollen nodes. Not hairy.
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Milk Vetch, an annual, stems branched from base, prostrate to spreading, up to 30 cm.
Environment & agriculture
Authors: Ahmed Sefelnasr,Mohsen Sherif,Dalal Al Shamsi,Assaad Kassem,Aseela Al Moalla,Fouad Lamghari Ridouane,Shaher Bano,Pakam Subraelu,Khaled Mohamed &Abdel Azim EbraheemAbstractPopulation growth, and enhanced irrigati…
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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, 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, 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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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 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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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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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…
