Annual herb ; up to 20 cm high , grey-farinose . Stems erect to ascending , much branched , ridged or angled , mealy-white to grey-farinose , or tinged red . Leaves variable in shape and size , white-mealy on the undersurface ; basal leaves 10–80 x 10–50 mm , deltoid to lanceolate ; upper leaves lanceolate to ovate , apex acute or obtuse , margins irregularly dentate or sometimes entire , sinuate ; petioles 10–30 mm . Inflorescences almost leafless , in dense , paniculate , terminal and axillary clusters , mealy . Flowers small ; perianth segments 5 , free to the base , keeled , with membranous margins ; stamens 5 . Fruit pericarp , membranous , globose . Seeds 1 . 2-1 . 6 mm in diameter , horizontal , black , glossy , slightly keeled along the margin . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Secure (G5)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Atriplex alba (L.) Crantz
Botrys albus (L.) Nieuwl.
Chenopodium album var. commune Moq.
Chenopodium viride var. album (L.) Hartm.
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White Goosefoot
Lamb's Quarters
Melde
Goosefoot
Wild Spinach
Fat-hen
In Omani studies: Ghazanfar (2003) wrote that: "Grazed by goats and camels. (Ref. Flora of Oman; vol.1).
*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 *chttp://southwestdesertflora.com *https://en.wiktionary.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
