Annual herbs ; up to 30 cm high . Stems erect to spreading , branched from base , greyish , strigose with disc-based hairs . Leaves alternate , 4–9(–12) × 2–6 cm , somewhat fleshy , oblong to lanceolate-oblong , base cuneate , apex obtuse , margins obscurely dentate , hispid to strigose with disc-based hairs . Inflorescences solitary , axillary ; pedicels ± 2 mm . Flowers purplish blue to blue ; calyx 1 . 5–2 . 5 mm , increasing to 3 mm at fruiting , 5-lobed ; lobes free , lanceolate , densely strigose inside and outside ; corolla blue or purple , 2–2 . 5 mm , tubular with appendages at throat ; densely short strigose outside ; limb 5-lobed ; lobes rounded ; appendages pilose ; stamens 5 , included ; ovary 4-lobed ; style gynobasic , stigmas capitate . Fruit nutlets , ovoid , light brown , usually 4 developing ; basal ring with denticulate margins . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Anchusa hispida Forssk.
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maintenanceAr.Item1
Hairy Bugloss
Hispid Alkanet
Not recorded yet.
*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 *Patzelt, A., Harrison, T., Knees, S.G. & Hartley, L.A. (2014). Studies in the flora of Arabia: XXXI. New records from the Sultanate of Oman Edinburgh Journal of Botany 71: 161-180. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
