Common tumbleweed

عرف الديك، قطيفه

• COMMON NAME:Common tumbleweed, tumble pigweed, tumbleweed, prostrate pigweed, pigweed amaranth, white amaranth, and white pigweed.

• ARABIC:عرف الديك، قطيفه

• BOTANICAL NAME:Amaranthus albus L.

• SYNONYMS:Glomeraria alba (L.) Cav.

• FAMILY:AMARANTHACEAE

• KIND:Introduced

• EMIRATE:Fujairah

• GROWTH FORMS:Herbs

• HABITATS:Sandy

• TYPES:Annual

DESCRIPTION:

Annual, much branched stems erect, up to 60 cm. Leaves oval, 2-3* 2-6 cm, with wavy edges, with small spines and blunt tips. Inflorescence spiny clusters in leaf nodes. Fruit a spiny capsule. Flowering February to April.

REFERENCES:

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:327388-2#synonyms 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://www.floraofqatar.com/amaranthus_albus.htm