Small perennial herb ; up to 20 cm high . Stems procumbent to ascending , unbranched , succulent , many-angled and covered with rounded to conical tubercles , pale to vivid green , rooting where stem touches the ground . Leaves very small , rudimentary near apex of the stem , soon falling . Inflorescences arising singly near the apex of stems , 9−10 mm across , sessile to shortly pedicellate . Flowers yellow ; calyx 5-lobed , lobes ± 2 mm , triangular ; corolla yellow , broadly campanulate , 5-lobed , flat when fully opened ; lobes ± 4 mm , deltoid-ovoid , usually with reflexed tips , margins reflexed ; walls of the corolla lobes adpressed to the staminal column ; corona reddish or yellow , of 2 series: outer lobes divided near middle and flattened on upper surface ; inner lobes with flat base , exceeding the anthers and connivent above the staminal column . Fruit follicles , ± 4 cm , paired , erect , narrow ovoid , acute at apex , grey-green marked with brownish transverse markings . (Ref . Flora of Oman ;
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Endemic (EN) - Near Threatened (NT) - Global Assessment
Not Common
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Ceropegia scutellata subsp. dhofarensis (Bruyns) Bruyns
Echidnopsis dhofarensis (Bruyns) Plowes
Echidnopsis planiflora Bally sensu Miller & Morris (1988)
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In Omani studies: Miller & Morris (1988) wrote that: "The tiny shoots of Echidnopsis planiflora (= E. scutellata subsp. dhofarensis), (also called J: deģúbsi, duģebóš), come up during the rainy season, and are especially to be found growing under the Euphorbia balsamifera shrubs in the high drier plateux [J: kutun] behind the monsoon mountains where these shrubs form the dominant vegetation. The shoots are rarely longer than a finger, and are astringent in flavour, slightly sour, and very thirst quenching. All parts of the plant are edible: flowers, fruit and stem. Even smaller, finger-nail length plants closely resembling these Echidnopsis are to be found growing on flat rocky surfaces [J: sarfait], pushing through the cracks in the rock, but these are not edible, as might be deduced from the name given them locally: J: zoja esebero, that is, 'succulents of the ghosts'. As soon as the cloud lifts at the
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*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://www.llifle.com *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. *Patzelt, A. (2015). Oman Plant Red Data Book. Published by Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman. Oman Botanic Garden Publication No. 1. ISBN 978-99969-50-10-0. *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
