Shrub ; up to 50 cm high . Stems with divaricate branches ; young branches densely covered with leaves , grey-green ; old branches woody , with grey-brown bark . Leaves subopposite , ± 1 . 5 cm , linear , adnate to the stem , rigid , covered with scurfy , scale-like hairs . Inflorescences few at the tips of branches , sessile ; bracts 2 , similar to the leaves . Flowers bisexual ; perianth segments 5 , ± 3 mm , free , boat-like , acute at the tip , with scarious margins ; stamens 5 ; anthers sagittate . Fruit perianth connivent , 5 . 5–6 mm , with scarlet membranous wings . Seeds 1 . 5 mm in diameter , discoid . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Endemic (EN) - Vulnerable (VU A4ac) - Global Assessment
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Salsola omanensis Boulos
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Omani Saltwort
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://casabio.org *Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press. ISBN 0748604758. *Patzelt, A. (2015). Oman Plant Red Data Book. Published by Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman. Oman Botanic Garden Publication No. 1. ISBN 978-99969-50-10-0. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
