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  • COMMON NAME: Aegyptian Alkanet, Aegyptian Bugloss.
  • ARABIC: حمحم
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Anchusa aegyptiaca (L.) DC.
  • SYNONYMS: Asperugo aegyptiaca (L.) L., Lycopsis aegyptiaca L.
  • FAMILY: BORAGINACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Fujairah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Wadi Slope (Rocky) Slope (Stony)
  • TYPES: Annual
  • REMARKS: Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP).
Gary R. Feulner. The Flora of Wadi Wurayah National Park, Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. December 2012 – November 2014. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/113174-1#synonyms V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. https://florapal.org/plant/anchusa-aegyptiaca/ 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.
Annual, up to 40 cm, hairy and with whitish-yellow warty speckles throughout. Stems multi-branched, erect or spreading, angular. Leaves oblong to lance-shaped, with toothed edges and pointed tip. Lower leaves have short stalk, upper leaves stalkless. Flowers few, 0.6-0.9 cm across, on 0.5 cm stem, a 0.5 cm long tube and 5 rounded yellow-white petals. Fruit consisting of 4 nutlets, egg-shaped with a flat and a rounded side, c. 0.4*0.4 cm. Flowering February to April.
Silt between rocks of wadis and low mountain slopes.
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