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  • COMMON NAME: Hairy Rupturewort
  • ARABIC: حليكه، شوله
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Herniaria hirsuta L.
  • SYNONYMS: Paronychia hirsuta
  • FAMILY: CARYOPHYLLACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Annual
  • REMARKS: Rare, mostly distributed in the north part of the UAE. (Shaam north Ras Al-Khaimah, Between Masafi and Khat, Dibba).
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/herniaria_hirsuta.htm

Hirsute-hispid, dwarf annual herb, 4-12 cm across. Stems prostrate, much branched. Leaves 0.5-1 cm long and about 2 mm wide, sessile, alternate above, elliptical-oblanceolate, ciliate. Stipules scarious, ciliolate. Flowers sessile minute, in axillary, head-like clusters. Calyx-lobes 5, 1-2 mm long, equal, with white, erect hairs, the terminal bristles usually longer than width of sepal, stamens 2-5. Stigmas subsessile. 

Flowering from February to April.
Sandy soil, fields and limestone ground.
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