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  • COMMON NAME: Seetzenia.
  • ARABIC: أبو شوكة، حبيان
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Seetzenia lanata (Willd.) Bullock
  • SYNONYMS: S. orientalis
  • FAMILY: ZYGOPHYLLACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Fodder (F)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: 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. Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. https://www.floraofqatar.com/seetzenia_lanata.htm
Moderately salt tolerant, grazable herb.
Perennial, prostrate, glabrous or papillate, glaucous herb, usually woody at base, up to 30 cm long. Stem and branches terete, articulate, somewhat swollen and lanate at nodes. Leaves opposite, trifoliate; median leaflet 6-11 mm long, obovate, cuneate, apiculate; lateral leaflets oblique. Petioles 2-5 mm long. Stipules interpetiolar, triangular, ciliate. Flowers solitary, axillary, 4-5 mm in diameter, on pedicels 3-5 mm long. Sepals oblong, 3-5 mm long. Petals absent. Disk 5-lobed. Stamens 5. Fruit an ellipsoid-ovoid, capsule 6-9 mm long, 4-6 mm wide, obtuse, pentagonal, pendulous. Seed elliptical, 4-6 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, brown to black, flat, compressed, smooth, covered with glue or viscous coat. Flowering from March to May-November.
Sand and gravely plains.
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