Please Open The Website From Desktop

Close
  • COMMON NAME: Saltwort
  • ARABIC: فريط
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Salsola arabica Ehrenb. ex Boiss.
  • SYNONYMS: Anabasis ehrenbergii
  • 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://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:166658-1
Rounded shrublet up to 50 cm high. Stems much branched woody at the base, grey or white. Leaves sessile, linear to narrow triangular 2-6 mm long and 1-2 mm wide, pubescent or glabrescent. Flowers in very dense congested lateral spikes, 4-12 mm long, 3-5 mm wide, crowded with swollen hooded, pubescent bracts. Fruiting perianth including wings 3-5 mm in diameter or somewhat obscure even when mature. Flowering from September to December.
Shallow sandy soil and on rocky places along Wadis.