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  • COMMON NAME: Halothamnus
  • ARABIC: ضمران (دمران)
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Halothamnus bottae Jaub. & Spach
  • SYNONYMS: Salsola bottae
  • FAMILY: CHENOPODIACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs
  • HABITATS: Wadi Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
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://botany.cz/cs/halothamnus-bottae/ Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE.
Moderately salt tolerant.
Dwarf shrublet, finely glandular, blue-green to greyish up to 50 cm high. Stems erect or ascending, many branched, older branches yellowish-brown. Leaves rudimentary or reduced to triangular-triquetrous, nearly clasping, 0.5-1.5 mm long. Flowers mostly solitary in the axils. Fruits including wings 4-8 mm in diameter, perianth segments connivent above the wings in a narrow cone that is higher its basal diameter. Flowering from May to December.
Sandy or gravelly soil and rocky limestone wadis.
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