Habitats in the Western Desert Electronic Herbarium From our Expeditions

Juncus rigidus

Family	Juncaceae
Synonyms	J. maritimus, J. arabicus
Local name	Samaar, Samaar Hosr, Samaar Morr
Habitat in Egypt	periodically or permanently wet depressions, margins of watercourses, salt marshes
Distribution	southern Anatolia, Cyprus, North Africa from Egypt to Morocco, Sinai, Palestine, Syria, Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, southwest Pakistan, southern Africa