Annual herb ; up to 22 cm high . Stems ascending to decumbent to ± erect , few to many arising from the base , greyishgreen , adpressed white pubescent with short and long tubercle based hairs . Leaves alternate , 10–20 × 3–5 mm , oblong-lanceolate to ovatelanceolate , base cuneate , apex obtuse to acute , margins entire , densely covered with adpressed to spreading hairs . Inflorescences in one-sided racemes , bracteate ; bracts longer than calyx . Flowers pink to reddish pink , tubular ; calyx ± 5 mm , 5-lobed to base ; lobes linear ; corolla pink to reddish pink , ± 10 mm , tubular , densely villous outside , glabrous inside ; lobes oblong , obtuse . Fruit nutlets , 2 , developing , smooth and glossy . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
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Lithospermum ciliatum Forssk.
Moltkia ciliata (Forssk.) Maire
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Callous-leaved Gromwell
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
