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  • COMMON NAME: small canary grass
  • ARABIC: شعير الفار
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Phalaris minor Retz.
  • SYNONYMS: Phalaris aquatica var. minor (Retz.) Mutel, Phalaris aquatica var. minor (Retz.) Mutel, Phalaris coerulescens var. minor (Retz.) Mutel,
  • FAMILY: POACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Terrace Sandy
  • TYPES: Annual
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:415632-1#synonyms https://www.floraofqatar.com/phalaris_minor.htm
Glabrous, tufted, annual grass. Culms erect or ascending, simple or branched, leafy at base, up to 60 cm high. finely striate. Leaf-blades flat, linear-acuminate, up to 18 cm long, 5-8 mm wide. Ligule membranous, embarcing the culm above the mouth of the sheath. Inflorescence a dense, oblong, cylindrical, terminal panicle, 2-7 cm long, 1-1.5 cm wide. Spikelets fertile, all alike, not in groups falling entire, 4-5 mm long. Glumes equal, winged, toothed upwards, exceeding the lemmas, whitish with green nerves, firmly compressed. Lemma finely appressed-pubescent, with a small, linear scale at base. Flowering from April to November.
A weed around orchards, farms and desert region.
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