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  • COMMON NAME: Jurinea
  • ARABIC: جوريينيا
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Jurinea carduiformis (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss.
  • SYNONYMS: Outreya carduiformis Jaub. & Spach
  • FAMILY: ASTERACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Fujairah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Slope (Rocky)
  • 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. V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:226881-1/images
Annual, forming small cushions on the ground. Stems very short. Leaves radiating from base, linear 0.5* 10-15 cm, crinkly edge, rounded tip. Flowerheads up to 15 in center of plant, c. 5 cm across, thistle-like, white, with spiny involucral bracts. Flowering from February to April.
Among rocks on high elevation plateau.
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