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  • COMMON NAME: Natal grass, Ruby grass.
  • ARABIC: سبط
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Tricholaena teneriffae (L.f.) Link
  • SYNONYMS: Panicum teneriffae
  • FAMILY: POACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Sharjah , Fujairah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Gulley Slope (Rocky)
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP). At place where stem branches there can be a dense knot of remains of branches and leaves.
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://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:424628-1#synonyms https://endemicascanarias.com/index.php/es/allcategories-es-es/67-nativas/1436-tricholaena-teneriffae 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.
A perennial grass, up to 50 cm high. Culms many from a woody stock geniculate below, slender, rigid. Leaf-blades slender, convolute, rigid, glabrous, 2-12 cm long, 1-5 mm wide; mouth of sheath bearded. Ligule a narrow, membranous. Panicle 3-15 cm long, rather open, branchlets and pedicels capillary. Spikelets 2.5-3.5 mm long, white or purplish, silky with spreading hairs. Glumes unequal, ovate, acute, concave, shining. Flowering in Spring.
Dry rocky places.
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