Water-Willow

نبات الصفصاف او الروبيان

• COMMON NAME:water-willow and shrimp plant.

• ARABIC:نبات الصفصاف او الروبيان

• BOTANICAL NAME:Justicia heterocarpa T.Anderson

• SYNONYMS:Ecbolium heterocarpum (T.Anderson) Kuntze, Rostellularia heterocarpa (T.Anderson) M.R.Almeida

• FAMILY:ACANTHACEAE

• KIND:Native

• EMIRATE:Ras-Al-Khaimah

• GROWTH FORMS:Herbs

• HABITATS:Slope (Rocky)Slope (Stony)

• TYPES:Annual

DESCRIPTION:

Annual, stems slender, branched, erect, up to 30 cm. Leaves oval, opposite, smooth edges. Flowers whitish-blue with three-lobed blue-spotted lower lip, 0.2*0.4 cm, clustered between hairs in leaf nodes. Two types of fruit: some smooth, others with minute prickles. 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. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:50838-1#synonyms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justicia_(plant)