Sarcopoterium spinosum ~ Prickly Shrubby Burnet

Sarcopoterium spinosum ~ Prickly Shrubby Burnet

نتش، بلان

Family: ROSACEAE

Perennial bushy, spiny plant with woody base and dense ridged branches, forming flattened, circular growth

Leaves: 2-5 cm long, narrow, dissected to pinnate

Flowers: minute, green, not showy, producing 0.5 cm in diameter fleshy, green-red, pome-like fruits

Flowering: march-May

Habitat: Mountains and degraded forest land in Irbid, Ajloun, Jarash, Yarmouk, Salt, Aman, Madaba, Karak and Zarqa