Small Fumitory

حشيشة الصبيان، حامض (حميض)

COMMON NAME: Small Fumitory

ARABIC: حشيشة الصبيان، حامض (حميض)

BOTANICAL NAME: Fumaria parviflora Lam.

SYNONYMS: Fumaria officinalis var. parviflora (Lam.) Ewart; Fumaria vaillantii subsp. parviflora (Lam.) Corb.

FAMILY: FUMARIACEAE

KIND: Native

EMIRATE: Ras-Al-Khaimah, Fujairah

CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M)

GROWTH FORMS: Herbs

HABITATS: Wadi, Slope (Rocky)

TYPES: Annual

DESCRIPTION:

Annual, stems slender, much-branched, erect or spreading, up to 30 cm. Leaves feathered, deeply dissected into linear lobes, about 0.1 × 0.6 cm. Flowers narrow with spur, in dense sprays of 7–15 flowers that elongate in fruit, on 0.1 cm long stalks. Petals white to pink with purple spots at the tips of the lateral petals. Fruit a round nut, about 0.2 × 0.2 cm. 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:673065-1#synonyms https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:673065-1/images