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  • COMMON NAME: hoary cress
  • ARABIC: ليسليس
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Lepidium draba L.
  • SYNONYMS: Cardaria draba (L.) Desv., Cochlearia draba (L.) L., Crucifera cardaria E.H.L.Krause, Lepidium draba subsp. eudraba Thell., Nasturtium draba (L.) Crantz
  • FAMILY: BRASSICACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Annual Perennial
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:286156-1/images
Annual or perennial, stems branching distally, erect, up to 10-50 cm, with short woolly hair. Basal leaves with stalk, upper leaves clasping. Leaves oblong to spoon-shaped, with serrated edges and pointed tips. Inflorescence terminal, dense spray with numerous tiny flowers on 0.2-1 cm long stalks. Flowers white, c. 0.7 cm across. Fruit pale-brown, heart-shaped, 0.3-0.5 * 0.35-0.45 cm, on 1 cm long, thin stalk, with a persistent style emerging from tip, 2 ovoid brown seeds. Flowering from February to May.
Near or in water. Irrigated fields.
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