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  • COMMON NAME: Lineleaf whitepuff
  • ARABIC: دنبان
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Oligomeris linifolia (Vahl) J.F. Macbr
  • SYNONYMS: Dipetalia linifolia, Dipetalia subulata, Ellimia ruderalis, Oligomeris dipetala, Oligomeris dispersa, Oligomeris dregeana, Oligomeris ellimia, Oligomeris glaucescens, Oligomeris resedella, Oligomeris ruderalis,
  • FAMILY: RESEDACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Umm-Al-Quwain , Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Wadi Gulley Sandy
  • TYPES: Annual Biennial
  • REMARKS: Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP).
Flora of the United Arab Emirates V1 & 2, Fawzi M.Karim, Nael M.Fawzi; reviewed by Fatima Al-Ansary. Al-Ain: United Arab Emirates University, 2007. https://www.floraofqatar.com/oligomeris_linifolia.htm M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003. Gary R. Feulner. 2014. The Flora of Wadi Wurayah National Park Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.
Low annual or biennial herb, glabrous, often glaucous, 15-40 cm high. Stems decumbent to erect, leafy, branched from the base. Leaves 1-4 cm long, 1-3 mm wide, simple, sessile, fasciculate, linear, entire, accuminate. Inflorescence terminal, erect, spike-like raceme. Bracts small, 1-2 mm long, persistent, shorter than bracts. Petals 2, white, 2-3 mm long. Floral disk absent. Stamens 3, persistent. Capsule depressed-globular, sessile, with 4-toothed at mouth, 3-4 mm across. Seeds numerous, small, reniform, black, shining, 0.5-1 mm long. Flowering from February to April.
Sandy gravel plains or wadis and rocky hillsides.
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