An erect perennial , or shrub ; up to 3 m tall , usually hairy , may lean over . Stems and branches erect , pilose , glandular , rarely glabrous . Leaves alternate , up to 7 × 3 cm , rough , lanceolate , dentate or entire , acute , with attenuate auriculate base . Inflorescences cluster at the end of leafless stalks . Flowers pink , aromatic ; marginal flowers pistillate , filiform , 3(–4)-lobed ; disk flowers perfect , tubular , 5-lobed . Fruit achenes , ± 1 mm long , ± cylindric , hairy , those of the disk flowers often vestigial . Seeds pappus , 4–6 mm long , of 10–25 barbellate bristles , those of the disk flowers often distally plumose , caducous . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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Baccharis dioscoridis L.
Conyza dioscoridis (L.) Desf.
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Syrian Fleabane
Dioscorides' Pluchea
A solution of pulverized leaves of the plant with a little water is used as a drink for patients with diabetes and high blood pressure. (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 *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. *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
