Alien
Erect annual herb ; up to 1 m tall , glabrous throughout . Stems erect to ascending , simple or much branched , sulcate , ridged . Leaves alternate , 2–15×1–3 cm , lanceolate to lanceolate-oblong , acute tip , base tapering into a short petiole . Inflorescences a dense , many-flowered , terminal spike , 2-20 x 1 . 5-2 cm . Flowers tiny , silvery-pink ; perianth 6–10 mm , elliptic with 2–4 lateral nerves , and with wide hyaline margins ; stamens 5 , filaments fused below to form a staminal sheath . Fruit capsule , 3–4 mm , subglobose . Seeds c . 1 . 25–1 . 5 mm in diameter , lenticular , black , shiny , faintly reticulate . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
No Data
Least Concern (LC) - Global Assessment
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Amaranthus cristatus (L.) Noronha
Celosia aurea J.Dix
Chamissoa margaritacea (L.) Schouw
Lophoxera racemosa Raf.
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Plumed Cockscomb
Silver Cock's Comb
Red Fox
Feather Cockscomb
Red Spinach
Feathery Amaranth
Woolflower
Wild Cockscomb
White Cockscomb
Flamingo Feathers
Wheat Celosia
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 *Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press. ISBN 0748604758. *Patzelt, A. Pysek, P. Pergl, J. Van Kleunen, M. (2022). Alien flora of Oman: invasion status, taxonomic composition, habitats, origin, and pathways of introduction. Doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02711-4. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
