Barleria_proxima_2-06082024 © OBG
Barleria_proxima_3-06082024 © OBG
Barleria_proxima_4-06082024 © OBG
Barleria_proxima_5-06082024 © OBG
Barleria_proxima_6-06082024 © OBG
Barleria_proxima_7-06082024 © OBG
Barleria_proxima-06082024 © OBG
Dense low growing bush or shrublet ; up to 25-50 cm high , with prominent spines . Stems branched , grey-white , ± glabrous to sparsely pubescent with spreading hairs . Leaves opposite , 8–15 × 4–6 mm , grey-green , obovate to oblanceolate , apex mucronate with a spine , base tapering into a short petiole 1–3 mm , margins entire , glabrous to white pubescent ; axillary spines 4 in each leaf axil , up to 10 mm , on a short common stalk (spines forming from lower axillary bud) . Inflorescences 1–2 , terminal on lateral branches ; bracts lanceolate to oblanceolate ; bracteoles spiny . Flowers bright orange ; calyx grey-green , 4-lobed , 10–15 mm , outer lobes similar , mucronate , glabrous or pubescent ; corolla bright orange , tubular , 2-lipped , with 4 lobes in the upper lip , one lower lobe ; lobes 6–7 mm ; stamens 2 fertile . Fruit capsule , ± 9 mm , ovoid , beaked , glabrous to pubescent , 2-seeded . Seeds with hygroscopic hairs . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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Barleria bicolor Chiov.
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*Ghazanfar, S. (2015). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.3: Loganiaceae – Asteraceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 9789082352511 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://pza.sanbi.org *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5. *Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088. *Pickering, H. Patzelt, A. (2008). Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. ISBN 9781842461778. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
