Silene_conoidea_2-06082024 © OBG
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An erect annual herb ; up to 30 cm , with slender taproot . Stems erect , simple or with ascending branches , hairy , glandular-pubescent above , hairs eglandular below . Leaves opposite , sessile , veins parallel , linear-lanceolate , acute tip , base clasping , entire margins , eglandular-pilose . Inflorescences in monochasial or 3-15(-30)-flowered dichasial cymes . Flowers calyx conical , 25-30-veined , 5-toothed above , enlarging and becoming inflated in fruit ; petals 5 , free , pink ; stamens 10 . Fruit capsule , conical , with narrow neck , reddish , dehiscing by 6 teeth , many-seeded . Seeds 1 . 1 mm long , brown , reniform , kidney-shaped . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Not Common
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Conosilene conica subsp. conoidea (L.) Á.Löve & Kjellq.
Conosilene conoidea (L.) Fourr.
Cucubalus conoideus (L.) Lam.
Pleconax conica subsp. conoidea (L.) Á.Löve & Kjellq.
Silene conica Fenzl
Silene graeca Fenzl
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Cone Campion
Large Sand Catchfly
Cone Catchfly
Weed Campion
Conoid Catchfly
Weed Silene
The vernacular name 'wa'a jinn' literally means 'the jinn's pumpkin or squash'; referred to the flask-shaped capsule (flower and fruit) that resemble bottle guard. The term jinn here reflects the overall wired forms of the plant. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
*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
