Annual herb ; up to 30-50 cm high , often becoming stiff and rather woody at the base , densely villous . Stems erect , branched from the base . Leaves alternate , sessile , 5–15 mm , linear , white-villous . Flowers male and female flowers mixed in axillary clusters on leafy spikes . Flowers yellowish-green ; perianth membranous , each perianth segment developing a spine at the apex in fruit , villous at the base ; stamens 5 . Seeds 1 mm in diameter , discoid , greyish , smooth . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
No Data
Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
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Chenolea muricata (L.) Hutch. & Dalziel
Echinopsilon muricatus (L.) Moq.
Kochia muricata (L.) Schrad.
Salsola muricata L.
Willemetia muricata (L.) Moq.
No data
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Prickly Bassia
Not recorded yet.
*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://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au *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. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
