Compact dome shaped shrub ; up to 80 cm high , glabrous in most parts . Stems erect , branched , grey . Leaves up to 6 x 0 . 6 cm , dark green , crowded towards the top of the branches , linear to linear-lanceolate , usually unlobed , entire , somewhat coriaceous , pointing upwards . Inflorescences single flower heads , on 2-6 cm long peduncles in the upper leaf axiles of the branches ; involucre hemispherical , 5–10 mm wide , of 6–10 lanceolate phyllaries in one row , connate to the middle . Flowers yellow , with a sweet scent ; ray flowers 6-11 ; disk flowers 20-30 . Fruit achenes , 3-4 mm long , brown , dry , with a tuft of white hair . Seeds pappus , of numerous white , flexible bristles up to 3 mm long . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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Caraea pinifolia Hochst.
Euryops hildebrandtii Mattf.
Euryops socotranus Balf.f.
Jacobaeastrum arabicum Kuntze
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Jabur
The species is a well known in traditional medicine as a useful treatement for various eye ailments. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden). In Omani Studies: Patzelt (2015) wrote that: "This species is unpalatable to livestock, and thus is found in higher densities in areas where grazing animals are abundant". (Ref. Photographic Field Guide to the Plants of the Western Hajar Mountains; 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 *http://southwestdesertflora.com *Pickering, H. Patzelt, A. (2008). Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. ISBN 9781842461778. *Patzelt, A. (2015). Photographic Field Guide to the Plants of the Western Hajar Mountains, Sultanate of Oman: with a complete checklist of vascular plant species. Sultan Qaboos University – Academic Publication and Outreach Department. P.O Pox (17) Postal Code (123), Muscat, Al khoudh, Sultanate of Oman. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
