The Comprehensive Guide to the Wild Flowers of the United Arab Emirates

0.5 cm long A.R. Western Abu Dhabi Al Ain Annual Arabian Gulf coast Arabic name Boiss Boulos bracts branched from base brown calyx capsule cm long stalks Common and widespread common but widespread cylindrical dense Distribution English name erect or spreading Flowerheads Flowering Feb.-Apr Flowering Feb.-May Flowers solitary Flowers tiny Forssk g.r.feulner gravel plains green Habitat hairy Hajar Mountains hillsides Inflorescence Inflorescence terminal Jongbloed lance-shaped leaf nodes leaflets Leaves alternate Leaves linear Leaves opposite lobes Locally common Masafi Mountains and Ru'us oblong Oman Perennial petals pink plantations pods pointed tip Rare Ras al Khaimah Recorded reddish Remarks rhizomes rounded tip Ru'us al-Jibal scattered locations Seeds sepals short stalks smooth edge Spikelets spikes spines spiny sprays stalks from leaf stamens stems branched stems erect stems much-branched stems slender tapering toothed edges Traditional tufts Upper leaves wadi banks wadis white hairs WILD FLOWERS WILDFLOWERS woody base