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  • COMMON NAME: Robbairea
  • ARABIC: رجل الغراب، سمينه، غبيشه
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Polycarpaea robbairea (Kuntze) Greuter & Burdet
  • SYNONYMS: Robbairea delileana Milne – Redhead, R. prostrata (Forssk.) Boiss.
  • FAMILY: CARYOPHYLLACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Dubai , Fujairah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Annual
  • 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/polycarpaea_robbairea.htm Gary R. Feulner. 2014. The Flora of Wadi Wurayah National Park Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. 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.

Glabrous prostrate or ascending annual herbs, 10-25 cm high. Stem dichotomously branched. Leaves 4-8 mm long, about 1 mm wide, oblong to linear, obtuse. Stipules and bracts tringular with a green stripe in middle and scarious margins. Cymes loose, clustered, pedicels as long as calyx or longer. Sepals ovate, obtuse, 2-3 mm long. Petals whitish-pink as long as calyx or slightly longer. Capsule more or less included, shorter than the calyx. Seeds smooth, shining. 

Flowering from January to April.
Stable sand, Silt in wadis and gravel terraces.
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