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Spergularia flaccida (Madden) I.M.Turner

قليقلة / السنيسلة

Syn. Spergula flaccida (Roxb.) Asch. (1889)

Caryophyllaceae
  • Morphological Description
    • Description
      Small, annual, glabrous herb. Leaves up to 25 mm long, narrow-capillary; stipules about 2 mm long, ovate triangular. Flowers in terminal dichasia, pedicellate, the pedicels 5-15 mm long. Bracts scarious or broadly scarious-margined. Sepals 3-5 mm long, lanceolate, scarious margined. Petals white or pinkish, shorter than the sepals. Capsule opening by 3-5 valves. Seeds all broadly winged.
  • Habitat and Distribution
    • Geographical Distribution Range
      This Saharo-Arabian species occurs from Morocco and Mauritania to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India and is native throughout the Arabian Peninsula as well as Socotra.
  • Ecology
    • Phenology
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    • IUCN Red List Category
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      Not Evaluated
  • Uses and Values
    • Description of Traditional Uses
      No specific documented uses were identified in accessible literature.
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Spergularia flaccida flowers
Spergularia flaccida in an ephemeral flooded depression
Whole plant
Spergularia flaccida flowers