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  • COMMON NAME: Farsetia
  • ARABIC: جربه
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Farsetia stylosa R.Br.
  • SYNONYMS: F. ramosissima
  • FAMILY: BRASSICACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Annual 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:284433-1/images 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, rarely perennial herb, 25-50 cm high, gray-green, with many elongated thin branches from the base, canescent with very appressed fine bipartite hairs. Leaves linear, sessile, 1-4 cm long. Petals 6-8 mm long, white or orange, slightly longer than sepals. Siliques short, compressed, 10-25 mm long and 3-5 mm broad, generally rounded at both ends. Style slender, 2-2.5 mm long. Seeds about 3 mm in diameter. Flowering from February to May.
Sandy gravel soil.
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