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  • COMMON NAME: prickly caterpillar
  • ARABIC: ديل العقرب
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Scorpiurus muricatus L.
  • SYNONYMS: Scorpioides muricata (L.) Medik.,
  • FAMILY: FABACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi
  • CATEGORIES: Fodder (F)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Annual
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:518173-1/images
Forage.
Annual herb, erect or decumbent, branching from the base, up to 25 cm high. Stems furrowed, somewhat appressed-hairy. Stipules lanceolate, entire, up to 2 cm long. Leaves simple, acute, long-spathulate or obovate-spathulate, 3-7 cm long, tapering at base, with 3-veines and conspicuous midrib. Inflorescences umbellate, of 1-4 flowered at the top of long slender peduncle, 4-10 cm long. Bracts small, scarious. Calyx 3-4 mm long, 5 teeth, narrowly triangular, more or less equal. Corolla papilionaceous 5-10 mm, yellow or reddish. Stamens 10, diadelphous. Pod 2-4 cm long, circinnate, spiny, constricted between the seeds (like scorpions tail). Seeds reniform, dark brown. Flowering from February to April.
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