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  • COMMON NAME: glaucous glasswor
  • ARABIC: حمضه، شوع، شنان
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Arthrocnemum macrostachyum ( Moric. )
  • SYNONYMS: A. glaucum (Del.)
  • FAMILY: CHENOPODIACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs Succulent
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Common in intertidal regions, on both coastlines. Has the capability to be developed as a seawater irrigated amenity plant.
Flora of the United Arab Emirates V1 & 2, Fawzi M.Karim, Nael M.Fawzi; reviewed by Fatima Al-Ansary. Al-Ain: United Arab Emirates University, 2007. https://www.floraofqatar.com/arthrocnemum_macrostachyum.htm Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. 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.
Extremely salt tolerant (up to seawater salinity).

shruby, densely branched from the neck, 30-60 cm high. stems and branches erect or procumbent rooting at base. Leaves mostly reduced to minute opposite, connate lobes, forming a short cupule at each joint. spikes hardly stouter than the branches, cylindrical. obtuse. Bracts entire, covering the flowers. Flowers minute in groups of 3-5 immersed in the floral cup. Seeds ovoid, more or less compressed, about 1.5 mm long.  

Flowering in the autumn.
A halophytic plant. It dominates in the salt marshes.
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