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  • COMMON NAME: Pulicaria crispa
  • ARABIC: مهتدي
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Pulicaria glutinosa ( Boiss.)
  • SYNONYMS: Pulicaria glutinosa ( Boiss. ) Jaub. & Spach.
  • FAMILY: ASTERACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Apiculture (A)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs
  • HABITATS: Wadi Slope (Rocky) Slope (Stony)
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP). Plants used by honeybees for nectar collection for honey production.
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. V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. https://www.floraofqatar.com/pulicaria_guestii.htm Gary R. Feulner. 2014. The Flora of Wadi Wurayah National Park Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.
Honey nectar plants.

robust, evergreen, aromatic, perennial shrub, up to 70cm high, glabrous, much branched from a thick woody rootstock. Leaves cylindrical, needle-like, light or dark green, dense on all branches, up to 4 cm long, with pointed apex. Heads hemispherical, numerous, terminal about 1 cm across, with orange or yellow florets. Flowering from November-May.  

among wadi beds, mountains slopes and foothills.
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