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  • COMMON NAME: Dragon Spurge
  • ARABIC: خمسان
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Euphorbia dracunculoides Lam.
  • SYNONYMS: Euphorbia dracunculoides subsp. eudracunculoides Maire, Tithymalus dracunculoides (Lam.) Klotzsch & Garcke.
  • FAMILY: EUPHORBIACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi
  • 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/346321-1#synonyms https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/e/euphorbiaceae/euphorbia/euphorbia-dracunculoides
Glabrous, annual, erect herb, up to 30 cm high. Stems often much branched from the base. Cauline leaves, linear, entire, acute or obtuse, narrowed at base, 2-5 cm long; upper leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate. Umbel-rays 2-3 only, up to 4 times forked. Capsule 3-3.5 cm in diameter. Seeds 2.5 mm oblong or ovoid-cylindrical, slightly tubercled, dark-brown to black. Flowering from January to March.
Sandy-clay soil.
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