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  • COMMON NAME: Common Mediterranean grass, kelch-grass.
  • ARABIC: شعيره
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Schismus barbatus (L.) Thell.
  • SYNONYMS: Festuca calycina L.
  • FAMILY: POACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: 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://www.floraofqatar.com/schismus_barbatus.htm
In appearance, this species cannot be separated from Schismus arabicus, except for the set of the characters in the key. This plant is longer, thinner and more glossy than the Schismus arabicus species. Flowering in Spring.
Sandy gravely soil.