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  • COMMON NAME: Stork's bill
  • ARABIC: دهمه، قرنوه، خزام
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Monsonia nivea (Decne.) Webb
  • SYNONYMS: Erodium bonacellii, Erodium glaucophyllum, Erodium niveum, Monsonia commixta, Monsonia heliotropioides
  • FAMILY: GERANIACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Annual Perennial
  • REMARKS: This plant has disproportionately long thick roots to reach underground moisture.
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/monsonia_nivea.htm V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. 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.
Tea made from dried leaves boiled in water used to treat fever.
Small, ascending to erect, silver-grey canescent annual or perennial, 5-20 cm high. Stems woody at base. Leaves mostly basal, ovate-oblong, appressed-silvery-canescent, crenate-toothed, undulate, with deeply nerves, 1-3 cm long, 7-15 mm wide. Petiole 3-5 cm long; stipules lanceolate, pilose, small. Umbels 2-6 flowered on peduncles, up to 12 cm long. Pedicels 12-18 mm long. Sepals 5, distinct, obovate, 4-5 mm long. Petals 5, distinct, imbricate, pink, slightly exceeding the sepals. Ovary 5-carpelled, 5-loculed; styles 5; stigmas 5. Fruit beaks, 3-4 cm long, plumose. Flowering from February to April.
Sandy soil.
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