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  • COMMON NAME: salsus
  • ARABIC: خمخام
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Salsola rubescens Franch.
  • SYNONYMS: Kaviria rubescens (Franch.)
  • FAMILY: AMARANTHACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Sharjah , Fujairah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs Succulent
  • HABITATS: Slope (Rocky) Slope (Stony)
  • 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. Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77089203-1/images V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021.
Moderately salt tolerant.

Glaucous, dwarf shrub up to 35 high. stems erect, or ascending, much branched from woody base, with opposite, triangular, overlapping, fleshy greyish leaves. Leaves thick, tomentose, clasping, in distinctive groups of 6-8 along twigs at 1-2 cm intervals; flowering twigs often leafless. Flower minute and distinct in its red-yellow papery wings on the perianth, 0.6-1 cm in diameter, wings remain on plant for a long period.

Flowering from September to December.
Gravel plains, in clefts on limestone mountains and depressions.
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