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  • COMMON NAME: water-willow and shrimp plant.
  • ARABIC: نبات الصفصاف او الروبيان
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Justicia heterocarpa T.Anderson
  • SYNONYMS: Ecbolium heterocarpum (T.Anderson) Kuntze, Rostellularia heterocarpa (T.Anderson) M.R.Almeida
  • FAMILY: ACANTHACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Ras-Al-Khaimah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Slope (Rocky) Slope (Stony)
  • TYPES: Annual
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:50838-1#synonyms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justicia_(plant)
Annual, stems slender, branched, erect, up to 30 cm. Leaves oval, opposite, smooth edges. Flowers whitish-blue with three-lobed blue-spotted lower lip, 0.2*0.4 cm, clustered between hairs in leaf nodes. Two types of fruit: some smooth, others with minute prickles. Flowering from February to April.
Gravel, silt among rocks.
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