Erect annual or perennial herb ; up to 30(-90) cm tall , covered with small hairs . Stems erect to straggling , branched , 4- angled or terete , swollen at the nodes . Leaves opposite , variable in size and shape , 2–12 x 1–6 cm , ovate to ovate-elliptic to lanceolate , subglabrous to sericeous , acute tip , entire margins ; petioles up to 2 cm long . Inflorescences woolly clusters on erect terminal spikes with protruding white or pink/red hooked bracts ; bracts persistent , deflexed after fruit fall . Flowers bisexual , greyish-white ; perianth 4–5 , 3-nerved , lanate ; style 1-2(-3) mm . Fruit capsule , 2–3 mm , ovoid , shed with the flowers as a very sticky burr , 1-seeded . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Common
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Pupalia lappacea var. tomentosa (Peter) Suess.
Pupalia mollis (Thonn.) Moq.
Pupalia thonningii (Schumach.) Moq.
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Creeping Cock's Comb
Forest Burr
Not used traditionally.
*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 *https://www.zambiaflora.com *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. *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
