Perennial succulent herb ; up to 8 cm high , forming small clumps . Stems decumbent , simple or with few branches , 4-angled with soft conical spines , glabrous , green to grey-green marked with dark green to purplish-green markings . Leaves absent . Inflorescences 1−5 , near or at the tips of branches ; pedicels 2−4 mm , ascending to erect . Flowers reddish-brown or yellow suffused with brown ; calyx 5-lobed almost to base , lobes 3−4 mm , lanceolate , acute ; corolla 5-lobed to base ; lobes erect to spreading , 9−10 mm , narrowly lanceolate , margin strongly revolute and touching each other , reddish-brown or yellow suffused with brown , white puberulous within or sparsely puberulous near the base ; corona ± 2 mm long , yellow , in two series ; outer lobes forming a pouch , with apex of lobes spreading and forming a truncate to emarginate spur below the inner corona lobes ; inner lobes flattened , emarginate , adpressed to backs of anthers and rarely exceeding ; staminal column yellow ; pollinia ovoid .
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Not Common
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Nardi Carrion Flower
In Omani studies: In Oman Plant Red Data Book, Patzelt (2015) wrote that: "The plant, including flowers and seed pods, was eaten after the rains". (Ref. Oman Plant Red Data Book; 2015).
*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 *https://pza.sanbi.org *Raffaelli, Mauro & Mosti, Stefano & Tardelli, Marcello. (2008). Apocynaceae of Oman: Orbea nardii, sp. nov. and Pentatropis bentii, first finding. Webbia. 63. 161-167. 10.1080/00837792.2008.10670839. *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. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
