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  • COMMON NAME: hard sea rush
  • ARABIC: أثل، سمار
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Juncus rigidus Desf.
  • SYNONYMS: J. arabicus
  • FAMILY: JUNCACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Umm-Al-Quwain , Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Fodder (F) Other Uses (O)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Wadi Slope (Rocky) Slope (Stony) Pools
  • TYPES: Perennial
https://www.floraofqatar.com/juncus_rigidus.htm 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. Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. 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.
Extremely salt tolerant, up seawater salinity. Grazed by camels, used in folk medicine and industrial uses. used for making mats.

Marsh perennial rush, dark green, stout, tufted, glabrous with creeping rhizome and erect, parallel, rigid, pointed stems, up to 1.5 meters high. Leaves terete, hollow, nodeless, often with sharp points. Flowers green, small, in an open lateral cyme, the stem is continued above the inflorescence. Tepals lanceolate, acute, equal or the outer 3 longer; inner 3 obtuse. Anthers yellow to red, 3-5 times longer than the filaments. Capsule tiny, trigonous-ovoid with a tapering, pyramidal top, exceeding the tepals. Seed many, short tailed at each end, brownish.

Flowering from May to June.
Salty marshes streams in wadis, mountains and permanent pools.
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