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  • COMMON NAME: Black-eyed geranium
  • ARABIC: عين البقرة، دهمه، عين الوزة، شويب الحمام
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Geranium mascatense Boiss.
  • FAMILY: GERANIACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Wadi Gulley
  • 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://www.floraofqatar.com/geranium_mascatense.htm 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, hairy herb, 7-20 cm high, often spreading with several branching stems. Leaves rosetted, long-prtioled; blade more or less orbicular in outline, with cleft lobes to about the middle or little more, veined. Peduncles slender, short. Flowers in groups of 1-4 at branch tips, with deep magenta petals (about 1 cm long) and noticeable dark black-purple center. Fruit 1-1.5 cm long, with pointed beak, wings absent. Flowering from March to May.
Shade area, hillsides, and wadies.
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