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  • COMMON NAME: Barak Sicily
  • ARABIC: شراش
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Ononis sicula Guss.
  • SYNONYMS: Ononis viscosa subsp. sicula (Guss.) Hub.-Mor.
  • FAMILY: FABACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Ras-Al-Khaimah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Slope (Rocky)
  • TYPES: Annual
  • REMARKS: Distinguishing characteristic: pods hanging straight down, half covered with the persisting calyx.
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://www.floraofqatar.com/ononis_sicula.htm https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:510507-1/general-information
Annual, stems slender, erect or spreading, up to 20 cm, hairy and with glands. Leaves trifoliate on short stalk, leaflets finely serrated. Flowers c. 0.8 cm long, tellow, on 1-2.5 cm stalk from leaf node. Pod 1-1.8 cm long, hanging down, half-covered by persisting calyx, many seeds. Flowering from February to April.
Silt between rocks of mountains at medium to high elevation.
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