Short-lived , erect annual herb ; up to 20 cm high , with white latex , almost acaulescent , glabrous . Stems short , ± leafy , erect , scarcely branched . Leaves to 12 × 3 cm , spathulate , sinuate-dentate to pinnatifid and dentate , basally auriculate , apically attenuate to acute , blue/green . Inflorescences terminal , solitary or paired , on swollen stalks to 26 cm long . Flowers hermaphroditic ; corolla bright yellow with reddish centres , tube cylindric , 3 . 5–8 . 5 mm long , ligules 5–11 mm long . Fruit achenes , 1 . 5–4 mm long , whitish , coarsely tuberculate , with tufts of hair . Seeds pappus 6–9 mm long , white , of thin bristles , caducous . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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Frequent
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Picridium tingitanum (L.) Desf.
Scorzonera tingitana L.
Sonchus tingitanus (L.) Lam.
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False Sowthistle
Poppy-leaved Reichardia
Reichardia
Traditionally, juice from the leaves used as a treatment for various eye ailments. Also, known as a good browse for livestock during rainy seasons. (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 *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5. *https://antropocene.it *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
