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Taxonomic information
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
United Arab Emirates (the)
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
United Arab Emirates (the)
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Data Deficient
Criteria system used
IUCN
(see Assessment details)
Assessment rationale/justification
There is little information available on this species, including lack of its detailed distribution within the UAE. Therefore, it is assessed as Data Deficient.
Assessment details
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN. 2012. IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1, Second edition. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. iv + 32pp pp. And IUCN. 2012. Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels: Version 4.0. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iii + 41pp.
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
This species has been recorded from scattered locations in the Ru'us al-Jibal (Western 1989, Jongbloed et al. 2003, Feulner 2011). In that area it has been recorded at high elevations up to around 1,500 m (Feulner 2011). It was also recorded as 'rare' in the Al-Ain area (Fawzi and Karim 2007). Although Plants of the World Online lists the UAE as a native country of occurrence for this species (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019), a more detailed distribution of this species within the country is lacking. The species is not recorded from Oman, and the identity of records from the UAE require confirmation (S. Ghazanfar pers. comm. 2019). Globally, the native range of this species extends from Spain across northern Africa to the Arabian Peninsula and Iran (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not possible
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This annual species is described as 'woolly', without a stem and with crowded leaves at the base of the plant (Jongbloed et al. 2003), and distinguished by its toothed leaves. Feulner (2011) commented that its scattered occurrences in the Ru'us al-Jibal were mostly ruderal. Karim and Fawzi (2007) recorded it from Al-Ain in sandy soil.
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
There is no information available.
Publication
Allen, D.J., Westrip, J.R.S., Puttick, A., Harding, K.A., Hilton-Taylor, C. and Ali, H. 2021. UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants. Technical Report. Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, United Arab Emirates, Dubai.
