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  • COMMON NAME: drop seed grass
  • ARABIC: الحلف أو حلفا
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Sporobolus spicatus (Vahl) Kunth
  • SYNONYMS: Agrostis spicata
  • FAMILY: POACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Fodder (F) Landscape (L) Cosmectis (C)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP). A local breeder of gerbils remarked that the flowering spikes have an aphrodisiac effect on rodents.
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.asergeev.com/pictures/archives/compress/2015/1555/23.htm Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. Gary R. Feulner. 2014. The Flora of Wadi Wurayah National Park Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. 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.
Highly salt tolerant. Green fodder for camels, cows, sheep and goats. Improving milk production for livestock, and live weight gain. Skincare products (high concentrations of potassium). Ornamental plants.

Stoloniferous, perennial, stiff grass, with creeping rhizomes, up to 40 cm in height, often forming tufts of leaves and culms as the rooting nodes. Ligule a short rim of hairs. Leaf-blades very narrow-linear, 4-8 cm long, rigid, involute, with spinous-tips. Inflorescence narrow, long, cylindrical, pointed spi; 4-8 cm long, 2-3 mm wide. Spikelets very small, more or less pedicellate, single-flowerd. Glumes unequal, awnless. Anthers purplish, about 0.5 mm long. Grains small, ovate, brown in colour. 

Flowering from October to May.
In marshes, fallow fields and salty soil.
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