Perennial herb or subshrub ; up to 50 cm tall . Stems erect to decumbent , branching at the base , pubescent . Leaves 10–30(–50) × 8–20(–30) mm , dull green , lanceolate to broadly ovate to oblong-ovate , apex rounded with an acute tip , base rounded to shortly cuneate , margins entire to irregularly crenulate , pubescent (sometimes lanate) ; petiole 10–15 mm . Inflorescences 1–3 in axillary cymes , usually in the upper axils of leaves ; bracts foliaceous . Flowers pale lilac to pink or bluish , funnel-shaped , short-lived ; calyx 4–5 mm , 5-lobed with ovate-lanceolate lobes and often a narrow hyaline margins ; corolla pale lilac to pink or bluish , funnel-shaped , tube 8–12 mm , 5-lobed above , pubescent ; lobes ± 6 mm ; stamens 4 ; anthers parallel ; style persisting in mature capsule . Fruit capsule , 12–18 mm , ellipsoid , glabrous , many-seeded . Seeds 3–4 . 5 × 2 . 5–4 . 5 mm , broadly ellipsoid to circular , dark brown . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Dipteracanthus patulus (Jacq.) Nees
Petalidium patulum (Jacq.) Dalzell & A.Gibson
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Spreading Ruellia
Not recorded yet.
*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://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw *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. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
