كليبولا


  • COMMON NAME:Clypeola

  • ARABIC:كليبولا

  • BOTANICAL NAME:Clypeola aspera (Weber) Turrill

  • SYNONYMS:Alyssum asperum (Weber) Al-Shehbaz, Peltaria aspera Weber.

  • FAMILY:BRASSICACEAE

  • KIND:Native

  • EMIRATE:Fujairah

  • GROWTH FORMS:Herbs

  • HABITATS:Slope (Rocky)

  • TYPES:Annual


DESCRIPTION:

Annual, stems slender, erect, up to 10 cm, covered with barbed hairs. Leaves narrowly oblong, 0.1-0.3 * 0.3-1 cm. Flowers white/yellowish, 4-petalled, tiny, 0.1 cm across. Fruits flat and round, hanging down from short stalk, covered with long, barbed hairs. Flowering from January to March.


REFERENCES:

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. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:281316-1/images