Perennial herb ; up to 35 cm , with a woody base . Stems erect to ascending , branching from base , grey tomentose with short adpressed and longer spreading tuberculate hairs . Leaves alternate , greyish-green , 15–36 × 12–24 mm , ovate to ovate-oblong , base cuneate , apex obtuse , margins entire to undulate , densely tomentose especially on the nerves ; nerves impressed ; petiole to 25 mm long . Inflorescences terminal , often paired , up to 25 cm long , flowers in scorpioid cymes , compact above , becoming lax below ; bracts absent . Flowers white , tubular ; calyx 5-lobed , ± persistent ; lobes free to base , 2–2 . 5 mm , lanceolate , densely tomentose with tuberculate hairs ; corolla white , tubular , 5-lobed ; tube 2 . 5–3mm , hairy on the outside , glabrous inside ; lobes small , 0 . 6–1 mm , rounded , overlapping ; stamens attached slightly above the base of corolla tube . Fruit nutlets , 4 , ovoid , retrorsely short white hairy . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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Sericostoma calcareum (Stocks) I.M.Johnst.
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Indian Heliotrope
Indian Turnsole
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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 * https://talkingofplants.com *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. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
