Annual or short-lived perennial herb ; up to 70–100 cm , glaucous . Stems ascending to erect , branched . Leaves alternate , 3–8×2–5 cm , thick and somewhat fleshy ; lower leaves large , ovate-oblong , entire margins , petiolate ; upper leaves smaller oblong , sessile , amplexicaul , clasp the stem . Inflorescences in 12–20-flowered , lax racemes . Flowers about 20 mm across , purple with darker veins ; inner sepals somewhat saccate ; petals 12–15 mm . Fruit silicula , 10–15 mm , 2-jointed , the upper segment subglobose with a conical beak , indehiscent . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Zilla chamaerapistrum Boiss.
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Chamaerapistrum Woad
In Omani studies: Pickering & Patzelt (2008) wrote that: "Powdered seeds mixed with milk are said to remove warts. Favoured as a fodder by goats". (Ref. Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman; 2008).
*Ghazanfar, S. (2003). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.1: Piperaceae – Primulaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 90-72619-55-2 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press. ISBN 0748604758. *Pickering, H. Patzelt, A. (2008). Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. ISBN 9781842461778. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
