Annual herb with a slender taproot ; up to 15 cm , glandular-pubescent . Stems erect , simple or basally branched , with glandular hairs . Leaves opposite , simple , few , glandular-hairy , mainly in a basal rosette , few on the flowering stems , spatulate to oblanceolate , apex subacute , base narrowing into the petiole , entire margin ; basal leaves shortly petiolate ; cauline leaves 2-3 remote pairs , ovate-lanceolate , sessile . Inflorescences in terminal umbels , glabrous . Flowers sepals 5 , distinct ; petals 5 , white to pinkish , slightly longer than the sepals ; stamens 3-5 ; styles 3 . Fruit capsule , ovoid-cylindric , exceeding the sepals , opening by 6 valves , curving backwards . Seeds 0 . 5-1 mm , numerous , minutely tuberculate , reddish brown . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
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Alsine umbellata (L.) Lam.
Arenaria umbellata (L.) Clairv.
Cerastium umbellatum (L.) Crantz
Meyera umbellata (L.) Bubani
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Jagged Chickweed
Not used traditionally
*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 *https://swbiodiversity.org *Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press. ISBN 0748604758. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
