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  • COMMON NAME: spurry
  • ARABIC: خرمان
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Spergula fallax (Lowe) E. H. L. Krause
  • SYNONYMS: spergula flaccida
  • FAMILY: CARYOPHYLLACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Dubai , Umm-Al-Quwain , Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Slope (Rocky) 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/spergula_fallax.htm Gary R. Feulner. 2014. The Flora of Wadi Wurayah National Park Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.

Glabrous, annual herbs, ascending to erect, 15-30 cm high. Stems branching from the base. Leaves 10-30 mm long, whorled, linear, not grooved beneath. Stipules small, ovate-triangular, scarious. Inflorescences cymes. Bracts minute, scarious, with mid-vein. Flowers mostly on the upper stems. Pedicels longer than calyx. Seplas 3-5 mm long, ovate to oblong, scarious-margined. Petals slightly shorter than sepals, white, sometimes tinged pink, ovate to lanceolate. Stamens 10 or less. Styles 3. Capsule 4-6 mm long, ovoid 3-valved. Seeds many, lenticular, black, with hyaline wing. 

Flowering from January to April.
Sandy soil, fields, gardens and higher rocky places.
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