Barleria samhanensis Knees, A.G.Mill. & A.Patzelt

Spiny subshrub ; up to 40 cm tall , forming cushions . Stems much-branched from base , grey-brown , finely pubescent with spreading or erect hairs . Leaves opposite , 11–25 × 8–15 mm , bright green , suborbicular or broadly oblong to broadly ovate , apex rounded with a spinose mucro , base tapering into a short petiole 1–3 mm long , margins entire , glabrous to sparsely white pubescent along the margins and main veins and scattered orange-brown glands towards the base ; axillary spines 4-armed from a common stalk ; spines 5–35 mm . Inflorescences solitary in the axils of bracts , subtended by 2 bracteoles , those at the base sometimes subtended by a sessile or short-stalked 1–4-armed spine ; bracts similar to leaves , triangular ovate to oblong-ovate or orbicular ; bracteoles inconspicuous , ovate , spinescent or reduced to a short spinule . Flowers sweetly scented , strae-yellow to orange ; calyx grey-green , 4-lobed , 8–12 mm , lanceolate with a spinescent tip ; corolla straw-yellow to orange , tubular , 2- lipped , with 4 ... lobes in the upper lip , one lower lobe ; tube narrow , ± 35 mm ; lobes 5–8 mm , broadly ovate , rounded , retuse or apiculate at apex ; stamens 2 fertile ; staminodes 2 , included ; anthers parallel , 2 . 2–2 . 3 mm long ; filaments 14–16 mm long , inserted in the top third of the corolla tube ; ovary glabrous , beaked ; style greenish yellow , 33–36 mm long ; stigma exserted , simple , smooth , narrowly oblong , truncate , equal in width to the style , pale orange . Fruit capsule , 12–14 mm , ellipsoid , beaked , glabrous , 2-seeded . Seeds 4 x 6 mm , flattened , with long light brown appressed hairs . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .

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Endemic (EN) - Critically Endangered (CR B1B2ab(iii)) - Global Assessment

Very Rare

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