Milk Vetch

حلق ، قفزة ، أبو قرينة

• COMMON NAME: Milk Vetch

• ARABIC:حلق ، قفزة ، أبو قرينة

• BOTANICAL NAME:Astragalus corrugatus Bertol.

• FAMILY:FABACEAE

• KIND:Native

• EMIRATE:Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah

• GROWTH FORMS:Herbs

• HABITATS:WadiSlope (Rocky)

• TYPES:Annual

• REMARKS:Distinguishing characteristic: mottled seed pods.

DESCRIPTION:

Annual, stems branched from base, prostrate to spreading, up to 30 cm. Leaves on long stalks, 10-16 leaflets, 0.2*0.5-1.5 cm each, with clearly notched tip. Flowers in loose sprays of 1-6 from leaf nodes, variable color (pink, creamy-white), up to 1.0 cm long. Pods curved, not hairy, strongly transversely wrinkled, with hooked tip. Seeds smooth. Flowering 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://www.floraofqatar.com/astragalus_corrugatus.htm