Erect annual herb ; up to 10-25 cm high . Stems erect , leafy , simple or branched , softly appressed pubescent . Leaves linear-lanceolate , sparsely pilose , upper leaves sessile , basal leaves with short petioles , apex acute , base clasping , margins entire . Inflorescences in lax dichasial cymes , commonly forked at base . Flowers calyx cylindrical , 10-veined , with scarious margins ; petals 5 , white , green or tinged pink ; stamens 10 . Fruit capsule , ovoid , many-seeded , dehiscing by 6 teeth . Seeds c . 1 mm long , striate , with marginal wings , rugulose , ± smooth , dark brown . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Frequent
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Lychnis brachypetala Hornem.
Silene apetala var. glabrata Hosny & Shamso
Sofianthe brachypetala (Hornem.) Tzvelev
Viscago aspera (Willd.) Hornem.
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maintenanceAr.Item1
Mallee Catchfly
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. *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5. *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
