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  • COMMON NAME: Limeum
  • ARABIC: ثمينه
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Limeum humile Forsskal
  • SYNONYMS: L. obovatum Vicary, L. indicum Stocks.
  • FAMILY: MOLLUGINACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Sharjah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Annual
  • REMARKS: Distinguishing characteristic from L. arabicum: smooth mericarps.
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.
Annual, stems woody, stiff, radiate from base, prostrate, up to 30 cm, mat-forming. Leaves opposite, round or oval, 0.2-0.4 * 0.4-0.6 cm, dark green, on short stalks. Flowers white, c. 0.6 cm across, on short stalks underneath branches. Sepals green with edges. Fruit splits into two smooth brown hemispherical sections (mericarps). Flowering from November to April.
Sand and gravel plains.
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