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  • COMMON NAME: crowfoot grass, halfa grass.
  • ARABIC: حلفا
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf
  • SYNONYMS: Briza bipinnata L., Eragrostis bipinnata (L.) K.Schum., Leptochloa bipinnata (L.) Hochst., Megastachya bipinnata (L.) P.Beauv.
  • FAMILY: POACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Sharjah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Rare, recorded once from Kalba by A.R.Western.
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. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:398084-1/images
Perennial, robust with thick scaly rhizomes. Stems erect up to 100(-120) cm. Leaves flat or folded, in compact basal rosette, 0.7*60 cm, with fine teeth along edges and pointed tip. Inflorescence a cylindrical flattened spike. with dense clusters of spikelets spaced on 80 cm stem. Spikelets in 2 rows, with 3-18 florets, 0.3*2 cm.
Disturbed soil, abandoned fields.
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