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  • COMMON NAME: Pimpinella
  • ARABIC: كزبرة برية
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Pimpinella puberula (DC.) Boiss.
  • SYNONYMS: Ptychotis puberula DC.
  • FAMILY: APIACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Sharjah , Fujairah
  • 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:846986-1/general-information#uses
Said to be “eaten by camels” in Arabia.
Annual, 15-40 cm high, pubescent. Stem slender, branched. Basal leaves undivided or trifoliate, ovate-cordate, 2-3 cm long, crenate or serrate. Cauline leaves 1-3-pinnate; segments linear to oval, puberulous; leaf bases sheathing. Umbels 5-15 rayed, rays pubescent. Bracts and bracteoles absent. Flowers 8-15 per umbellule, pedicels filiform, pubescent. Petals white, outer surface hairy. Fruit 1-1.5 mm long, ovoid-globose, with dense spreading hairs. Flowering from February to May.
Sandy or silty ground.