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  • COMMON NAME: Gromwell, bastard alkanet.
  • ARABIC: جرومويل
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Buglossoides tenuiflora (L.f.) I.M.Johnst.
  • SYNONYMS: Lithospermum tenuiflorum L. f.
  • FAMILY: BORAGINACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Fujairah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Slope (Rocky) Slope (Stony) Sandy
  • 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:113733-1/images V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021.
Annual, stems single or branched, erect, up to 15 cm, covered with short hairs. Leaves alternate, oblong, smooth edge, 0.2-0.4*0.5-1.5 cm, without stalks. Inflorescence terminal, forked. Flowers one-sided on stems, tiny, 0.5 cm across, with 0.5 cm long tube, whitish-blue or yellowish. Fruit with 4 nutlets, c. 0.2*0.2 cm. Flowering from February to April.
Sand or gravel plains. Low mountain slopes.
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