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  • COMMON NAME: Schweinfurthia
  • ARABIC: قطف، مرور
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Schweinfurthia papilionacea (Burm. f.) Boiss.
  • SYNONYMS: Antirrhinum papilionaceum L., Schweinfurthia sphaerocarpa.
  • FAMILY: PLANTAGINACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Fujairah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Wadi Sandy
  • TYPES: Annual
  • REMARKS: Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP).
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:808969-1/images Gary R. Feulner. 2014. The Flora of Wadi Wurayah National Park Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.
Annual plant, robust, glabrous to hairy herbs, 20-40 cm high. Stem ascending to prostrate. Leaves orbicular-obovate or spathulate, flesh glaucous, acute, often apiculate, entire, 1-2.5 cm long, 5-18 mm broad. Petiole short, hairy, as long as pedicels. Flowers axillary. Calyx 5-partite, upper segments large, broadly ovate, acute, other segments lanceolate, 5-7 mm long. Corolla white, with purple veins and yellow callus on the lip, bilabiate, 10-15 mm long. Fruit an obliquely-globose, capsule 2-called, many seeded. Seeds obconic, winged, pale to black. Flowering from January to April.
Sandy soils, gravel plains and wadi beds.
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