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  • COMMON NAME: Spear grass, feather grass, needle grass.
  • ARABIC: صمعه
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Stipa capensis Thunb.
  • SYNONYMS: Stipellula capensis (Thunb.)
  • FAMILY: POACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Slope (Rocky) Slope (Stony) Sandy
  • TYPES: Annual
  • REMARKS: Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP). Only used for grazing before inflorescence appears and after it has fallen off, otherwise the sharp awns cause injuries of the eyes or mouths of livestock. The seed has sharp barbed hairs, that fix it in the soil, while thw long awn twists or untwists with varying humidity, drivied the seed into the ground.
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. Gary R. Feulner. 2014. The Flora of Wadi Wurayah National Park Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. https://www.floraofqatar.com/stipa_capensis.htm
Annual, densely tufted. Stems erect up to 15-30 (-60) cm. Leaves flat or rolled, 0.1-0.4*2-6(-13) cm. Upper leaf sheath extends to enclose inflorescence. Inflorescence dense terminal spike, 8-30 cm long, with long silvery hairs. Spikelets silvery, 1-flowered, hair-like appendage (awn) up to 10(-16) cm long, twisted. These awns are sharp-pointed and can cause lacera-tions. Flowering from March to May.
Sand, gravel plains, mountain plateaux.
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