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  • COMMON NAME: Pseudolotus
  • ARABIC: اللوتس الزائف
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Pseudolotus makranicus (Rech.f. & Esfand.) Rech.f.
  • SYNONYMS: Pseudolotus villosus
  • FAMILY: FABACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Fujairah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Wadi
  • TYPES: Annual
  • REMARKS: Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP). Distinguishing characteristics: white-woolly appearance, red-and-yellow flowers and the upturned leaflets with pink edges.
Gary R. Feulner. 2014. The Flora of Wadi Wurayah National Park Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. 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, stems prostrate. up to 25(-40) cm, white hairs. Stems break very easily. Leaves densely crowded on stems, with short stalk, villous, with 3-4 oblong leaflets with pointed tip, edge pink, turned up like the fingers of a cupped hand. Flowers on stalks from leaf nodes, single or in pairs, yellow/red, with hairy calyx. Pod without hair. Flowering from February to April.
Gravel of wadis and plains.
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