Annual or short-lived perennial herb ; up to 50 cm high . Stems prostrate , branched , succulent , tinged red , finely papillose or glabrous . Leaves 1–20 x 1–4 mm , cylindric to lanceolate to oblanceolate or obovate , apex rounded to apiculate , base clasping . Inflorescences 2–3 , axillary , sessile . Flowers white to pink ; calyx lobes ± 1 mm , each with a subapical mucro ; stamens 5 . Fruit capsule , ± 2 mm , flattened at the top in the centre , (1–)2-seeded . Seeds black , concentrically wrinkled . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
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Red Spinach
Not used traditionally.
*Ghazanfar, S. (2003). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.1: Piperaceae – Primulaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 90-72619-55-2 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *http://floranorthamerica.org *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
