Annual herb ; up to 15–70 cm high , with white latex . Stems usually single , erect , leafy , densely and divaricately branched distally . Leaves basal leaves crowded , up to 18 × 6 cm , ovate to spathulate , sinuate-dentate to deeply lyrate or runcinate , with rounded apex ; cauline leaves deeply clasping the stem , otherwise similar . Inflorescences all on capillaceous peduncles 1–3 cm long , with 7–14 flowers only . Flowers pale to medium yellow , anther tube without appendages 0 . 8–1 . 2 mm long . Fruit achenes , 2–4 mm long , the inner smooth to slightly wrinkled , pale , the marginal sharply wrinkled , dark brown to black . Seeds pappus , 4–5 . 5 mm long , of downy hairs and bristles . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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Heterachaena massauensis Fresen.
Lactuca massauensis (Fresen.) Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.
Sonchus massauensis (Fresen.) Sch.Bip.
Zollikoferia massauensis (Fresen.) Boiss.
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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 *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
