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  • COMMON NAME: Slenderleaf iceplant
  • ARABIC: مليحه، غاسول
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum L.
  • SYNONYMS: Cryophytum nodiflorum, Gasoul nodiflorum.
  • FAMILY: AIZOACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Sharjah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs Succulent
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Annual
  • REMARKS: sheep that eat this plant can exhibit signs of oxalate poisoning.
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/363203-1#synonyms 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 small, slender, succulent, papillose herb. Stems ascending, branching 5-15 cm. Leaves, 2-4 cm long, sessile, linear and cylindrical, ciliate at margins. Flowers axillary, sessile. Petals white with yellow base shorter than sepals. Stigma 5, sessile, capsule small, opening by a star-shaped slit. Flowering from February to June.
Dry saline regions in the desert, along the road between sharjah & Al-Dhaid.
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