An erect bushy shrub ; up to 1 . 5 m tall , whole plant covered in whitish powder . Stems erect , with spreading branches , white to grey , densely mealy . Leaves alternate , 10–25 x 6–15 mm , oblong to ovate-oblong , margin entire , auriculate at base , grey-green , smooth , succulent , with white powder on both sides , lower leaves usually smaller ; petioles 2–5 mm . Inflorescences in sessile clusters arranged in terminal leafless panicles ; bracteoles 2–4 mm , suborbicular , fused below . Flowers small , pale green , with a pink ting at the base ; perianth of male flowers lobed . Fruit enclosed in flat circular bracteoles . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Obione farinosa (Forssk.) G.L.Chu
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Mealy Orache
Known grazed by camels. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
*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 *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
