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  • COMMON NAME: Slender Sand Burr
  • ARABIC: سبط
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Cenchrus gracillimus Nash
  • FAMILY: POACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Annual
  • REMARKS: Uncommon in the UAE. (Al-Ain).
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. http://www.levypreserve.org/Plant-Listings/Cenchrus-gracillimus#:~:text=Habit%3A%20Cenchrus%20gracillimus%20grows%20as%20a%20decumbent%20annual,to%20the%20leaf%20blade%20is%20a%20ciliate%20ligule.
Annual, dwarf grass, up to 40 cm high, with erect, simple culms, often leafy at base. Leaf-blade flat, linear-lanceolate, acute, 5-15 cm long, 3-8 mm wide, glabrous. Inflorescence spike-like, 3-6 cm long. The bur globose, 5-10 mm in diameter, with stout, needle-like spines. Flowering in spring.
Sandy places and plantations.
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