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  • COMMON NAME: opposite-leaved saltwo
  • ARABIC: فريط
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Salsola schweinfurthii Solms-Laub.
  • SYNONYMS: Darniella schweinfurthii (Solms) Brullo
  • FAMILY: AMARANTHACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs Succulent
  • HABITATS: Sandy Sabkha
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: very rare in the UAE.
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://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:167055-1

Shrublet with glabrous, white-glossy branches up to 40 cm high. stems ascending, branching, woody at base, with alternating branches above and opposite below. Leaves opposite or alternate, esseile, sometimes clustered, 0.5-1.3 cm long, arising from hairy axils, fleshy, linear, subterete ending in caducous bristle. Bracts and bracteoles short, ovoid, fleshy, concave with white margins. Flowers grouped 3-5 in each axil forming loose or dense spikes, perianth lobes, ovate, white-margined. Staminodes present. Fruiting perianth 3.5-4.5 mm in diameter including wings; wings suborbicular often unequal. 

Flowering from September to December.
sandy and gravelly soil.
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