An erect or sprawling perennial herb ; up to 60-80 cm tall , the whole plant may be tinged red . Stems erect to decumbent , often woody at the base , 4-angled or ridged , glabrous to tomentose . Leaves opposite , 1 . 5–6 x 1–5 cm , variable in shape from ovate to elliptic to ovate-lanceolate , acuminate to apiculate or acute to rounded , margin entire , glabrous to densely tomentose ; petiole up to 2 cm . Inflorescences on erect spikes , up to 30 cm , bristly at the top , drooping lower down ; bracts spinous , persistent . Flowers small , green , often deflexed ; perianth segments 5 , 3–7 mm , lanceolate with a distinct midrib and 2 lateral nerves . Fruit capsule , 1–3 mm , ovoid , sharp-pointed , orange to reddish purple or straw-brown , when mature prickly bracts attach to passing animals . Seeds oblong-ovoid , smooth , brown . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Centrostachys aspera (L.) Standl.
Stachyarpagophora aspera (L.) M.Gómez
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Chaff-Flower
Prickly Chaff Flower
Devil's Horsewhip
Burweed
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*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 *https://casabio.org *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. *Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press. ISBN 0748604758. *Pickering, H. Patzelt, A. (2008). Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. ISBN 9781842461778. *Patzelt, A. (2015). Photographic Field Guide to the Plants of the Western Hajar Mountains, Sultanate of Oman: with a complete checklist of vascular plant species. Sultan Qaboos University – Academic Publication and Outreach Department. P.O Pox (17)
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