Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum L.

Succulent annual herb ; up to 5 cm high , . Stems ascending , branched , forming a mostly prostrate clump or mat , slender , somewhat succulent , covered with shiny papillae . Leaves opposite or subopposite , 10–20 x 2–4 mm , sessile , almost cylindrical or slightly channelled , linear , obtuse at apex , slightly narrowed toward base , fleshy . Inflorescences subsessile or short-pedicellate and solitary in axil , sessile or petiolate , equal , green at first and purple at maturity ; bracts absent . Flowers white or cream , 4-5(-10) mm in diameter ; calyx with linear , fleshy lobes ; petaloid staminodes more than 20 , white or cream , shorter than the calyx-lobes . Fruit capsule , 5–8 mm , obovoid , finely papillate . Seeds 0 . 5-0 . 6 mm , triangular or semicircular , somewhat compressed , whitish to brownish-red , smooth to minutely tuberculate . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .

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Not Evaluated (NE)

Not Common

Cryophytum nodiflorum (L.) L.Bolus
Gasoul nodiflorum (L.) Rothm.