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  • COMMON NAME: Asteriscus
  • ARABIC: عين الثور، عين البقر
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Asteriscus hierochunticus (Michon) Wiklund
  • SYNONYMS: Asteriscus pygmaeus
  • FAMILY: ASTERACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Fujairah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Slope (Rocky)
  • TYPES: Annual
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. V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021.
Annual up to 10 cm. Leaves basal rosette, spoon-shaped, slightly hairy, edges smooth. Flowerheads solitary, yellow, in center of plant, 1.5-2 cm across. Ray florets pale yellow, toothed, very short, almost square, disc florets darker yellow. Involucral bracts become woody when they dry and enclose fruit (picture below - left), opening when doused with water (picture below - right), exposing the fruit. Flowering from February to May.
Silt between rocks in mountains at all elevation.
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