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  • COMMON NAME: Ludwig's Marshmallow
  • ARABIC: آدراس، خطمة
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Malva ludwigii (L.) Soldano, Banfi & Galasso
  • SYNONYMS: Althaea ludwigii L.
  • FAMILY: MALVACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Fujairah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Slope (Rocky)
  • 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. 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:77116743-1/images
Annual, sometimes perennial, stems branched, spreading or prostrate, up to 40 cm, hairy. Leaves deeply dissected into oval lobes with rounded ends, c. 3 cm long, covered with white hairs, on stalks up to 6 cm. Flowers whitish-pink, on 1 cm long stalk from leaf nodes, solitary or in groups of two or three. Fruit flattened, round, c. 0.5 cm across, with 8-10 segments. Flowering from February to May.
Abandoned fields in high mountains.
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