Annual or perennial herb ; 1–1 . 5 m tall . Stems erect , branched , sparsely hairy with tuberculate based hairs , the younger branches more so . Leaves alternate , (5–) 15–20 × (3 . 5–) 15–19 cm , large , base cuneate , tapering into the petiole , apex obtuse , margins entire , adpressed pubescent with tubercule-based hairs ; petiole ± 12 cm . Inflorescences in paired , up to 9 cm long ; pedicels recurved in fruit . Flowers white with a blue centre ; calyx ± 5 mm , 5-lobed to base , lobes ovate-lanceolate ; corolla white with a blue centre , ± campanulate , lobes 5 mm , spreading , with appendages in throat ; ovary gynobasic , stigma capitate . Fruit nutlets , ± 2 mm , ± globose , margin winged , inner margin , denticulate , central area with whitish glochidiate spines . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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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 *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://journals.tubitak.gov.tr *https://www.wordsense.eu
