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  • COMMON NAME: thyme-leaved sandwort
  • ARABIC: لبخ
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Arenaria serpyllifolia L.
  • SYNONYMS: Stellaria serpyllifolia (L.) Scop.
  • FAMILY: CARYOPHYLLACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Sharjah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Wadi Slope (Rocky)
  • TYPES: Annual
  • REMARKS: Very rare in the UAE. (Khor-Fakkan, Jabal Wadi shy).
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:303826-2 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.

Similar to Arenaria leptoclados, but leaves minutely scabrous-puberulent, with densely nerved. Ovate petals minute 1\4 - 1\2 as long as sepals. Capsule ovoid or ovoid-conical, distinctly swollen at base. 

Flowering from January to April.
Wadi and mountain slopes among rocks.
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