Shrub ; up to 50(-80) cm tall . Stems erect to spreading , branching from the base , woody below , grey ; old stems with cracking bark . Leaves alternate , 3–10 mm , subulate to triangular , bluish-green , spine-tipped . Inflorescences 1–8 in glomerules , surrounded by tufts of white hairs , glomerules subtended by a bract and 2 bracteoles ; bract ± 8 mm , spinescent ; bracteoles shorter than the bract . Flowers bisexual , small , orange-brown ; perianth segments 5 , 2–3 mm , indurate and fused in fruit ; stamens 5 , filaments fused at the base . Fruit perianth , pyriform , 3-4 mm . Seeds 1 . 25 mm in diameter , rounded-compressed , yellow . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Frequent
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Cornulaca amblyacantha Bunge
Cornulaca arabica Botsch.
Cornulaca monacantha var. diacantha Maire
Kochia monacantha Steud.
Salsola ferox Delile ex Moq.
Traganum nudatum Sieber ex Moq.
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Had
Djouri
Tahara
Thalj
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 *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. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
