Woody based annual or perennial herb ; up to 70 cm high , somewhat caespitose . Stems erect , little or strongly branched . Leaves alternate , up to 4-5 x 1-1 . 5 cm , elliptic-lanceolate , narrowed into a petiole-like base , distally denticulate and with a mucronulate tip , grey-green , with rough edges . Inflorescences solitary at the end of stems . Flowers with yellowish to pinkish corola with reflexed lobes , perfect , tubular . Fruit achene , turbinate , up to 2 . 5 mm long , with white hairs to 2 mm . Seeds pappus , uniseriate , of ± 8-10 rigid , flattened , barbellate bristles to 7 mm long . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Frequent
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
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Not used traditionally. However, the well-known bird Bulbul, Pycnonotus sp., known collect the thin stems to make it’s nest (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 *https://casabio.org *https://www.mozambiqueflora.com *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
