Horseshoe Vetch

أم قرين ، البقوليان ، جليجان ، جيجي ، البقيلاني

COMMON NAME: Horseshoe Vetch

ARABIC: أم قرين ، البقوليان ، جليجان ، جيجي ، البقيلاني

BOTANICAL NAME: Hippocrepis unisiliquosa L.

SYNONYMS: Ferrum-equinum unisiliquosum (L.) Medik.

FAMILY: FABACEAE

KIND: Native

EMIRATE: Ras-Al-Khaimah, Fujairah

GROWTH FORMS: Herbs

HABITATS: Sandy

TYPES: Annual

DESCRIPTION:

Annual, stems much branched from the base, slender, smooth, spreading or erect, up to 20 cm. Leaves with 6–14 leaflets (one terminal), 0.1–0.4 × 0.5–1.2 cm, with blunt, notched tips. Flowers yellow, stalkless, solitary or rarely paired in leaf nodes. Pods curved, flattened, 0.5 × 2–4 cm, constricted into 5–12 segments, somewhat hairy. Flowering from February to April.

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:498396-1/images