Sclerocarpus_africanus_2-06082024 © OBG
Sclerocarpus_africanus_3-06082024 © OBG
Sclerocarpus_africanus_4-06082024 © OBG
Sclerocarpus_africanus-06082024 © OBG
A weedy annual herb ; up to 1 m tall , scabrid to hispid in all parts . Stems erect , branched , leafy . Leaves opposite in the basal portion of the stem , alternate higher up , to 1 . 5 × 6 cm , ovate , basally cuneate , petiolate , apically acute , dentate . Inflorescences solitary at the end of branches . Flowers yellow ; ray flowers few , pistillate ; disk flowers perfect , tubular . Fruit achenes , 5–7 mm long , asymmetrically obovoid , black , overtopped by the firmly attached , clasping palaea . Seeds pappus , absent . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
No Data
Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Not available
No data
maintenanceAr.Item1
African Bonebract
Not used traditionally.
*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://floranorthamerica.org *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
