Arthrocaulon_macrostachyum_2-06082024 © OBG
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A dense succulent subshrub ; up to 1-2 m tall , with a woody base , forming large clump-like mounds . Stems jointed , apparently leafless , ascending to decumbent , glaucous , branches sometimes rooting at the nodes on touchingthe ground and becoming prostrate ; young stems succulent and segmented , yellow , reddish or green ; old stems woody , grey-green . Leaves reduced to small lobes , opposite and connate below , inconspicuous . Inflorescences in 3-flowered clusters in the leaf axils , up to 6 cm , enclosed by bracts . Flowers minute , hardly visible , the central bisexual , laterals often unisexual male ; stamens 2 , exserted and the yellow stamens visible when plant in flower . Fruit pericarp , membranous , spongy . Seeds ± 1 mm , black , glossy , papillose , verrucose on back . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Arthrocnemum fruticosum var. macrostachyum (Moric.) Moq.
Arthrocnemum macrostachyum (Moric.) K. Koch
Salicornia macrostachya Moric.
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Glaucous Glasswort
Perennial Glasswort
Shrubby Glasswort
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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 *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5. *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. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
