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Calligonum comosum
Also called Arta
Calligonum comosum is a desert shrub from the buckwheat family that grows to about 1.2 metres with broom-like green branches. It thrives in hot, dry, sandy conditions and is valued for stabilising sand dunes and as livestock forage.
Calligonum comosum, the fire bush, arta or abal, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae.
The plant grows to around 1.2 metres (4 feet) tall, with green branches that split off from the main stem like the wisps of a broom. The plant is high in sugar and nitrogen.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
