Clump-forming succulent perennial herb ; up to 40 cm high . Stems succulent , branching from the base and above , 4-angled in cross-section , grey-green to purple-brown to red-tinged in colour . Leaves absent . Inflorescences in apical umbellate of 35−60 flowers ; pedicels 2 . 5−3 . 5 cm . Flowers sweet smelling , creamy-white to pale yellow ; calyx 5-lobed almost to base , lobes 2−3 mm , narrowly triangular , reddish-brown ; corolla creamy-white , cup-shaped at base , 5-lobed ; lobes spreading , 6−8 mm , narrowly triangular , acute ; corona pale yellow , in 2 series: outer corona lobes erect , bifid to the base with 2 narrow segments 1 . 5−2 mm long ; inner lobes obtuse , incumbent over the staminal column ; pollinia solitary in each anther locule , ascending . Fruit follicles , 10−12 cm , paired , erect , narrowly ovoid , acute , glabrous . Seeds with a tuft of white hairs at the tip .
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Endemic (EN) - Global Assessment
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Crenulluma tardellii (Mosti & Raffaelli) Plowes
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maintenanceAr.Item1
Not known
Same uses as Desmidorchis flava as both species treated same way. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
*Ghazanfar, S. (2015). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.3: Loganiaceae – Asteraceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 9789082352511 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *http://oro.open.ac.uk *Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088. *Mosti, Stefano & Raffaelli, Mauro. (2004). Desmidorchis tardellii (Asclepiadaceae), a new species from Dhofar, Southern Oman.. Webbia. 59. 585-591. 10.1080/00837792.2004.10670773. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
