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  • COMMON NAME: jointed glasswort
  • ARABIC: حمضه، تليث
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Halocnemum strobilaceum ( Pall. ) M. Bieb.
  • SYNONYMS: Salicornia strobilacea Pall
  • FAMILY: CHENOPODIACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ajman , Umm-Al-Quwain , Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Fodder (F)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs Succulent
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
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/halocnemum_strobilaceum.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. although not a preferred grazing plant, it is browsed by camels. used in traditional medicine.

Fleshy low shrub up to 50 cm high. stems erect or procumbent, much branched from the base. Leaves appearing as tubercles along the branches, about 0.1 vm long. Bracts of flower reniform to orbicular. spikes leafless cylindrical, composed of articulate joints. Flowers minute, immersed in the nodes. Perianth about 0.15 cm long. Stamen 1, exerted. Seed minute, brown, nearly smooth. 

Flowering from October to December.
sandy-salty areas and salt marshes.
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