Annual herb ; up to 10-20 cm tall , with ascending and spreading branches . Stems erect , sparsely glandular-villous . Leaves narrowly elliptic , glandular-villous , apex acute to subacute , sessile ; upper leaves sessile ; basal leaves with a short petiole . Inflorescences solitary or in lax dichasial cymes . Flowers white , tubular ; calyx cylindrical , 10-veined , 5-toothed above ; petals 5 , white to pink ; stamens 10 . Fruit capsule , ovoid , dehiscing by 6 teeth , may-seeded . Seeds c . 0 . 8 mm long , reniform , minutely tubercled , back bread , brown . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Not Common
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Not used traditionally. However, the plant local name 'a'turbah' means "dusty" or "with soil texture or appearance", refers to the fact that the plant catching dust or soil through its glands. (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. *https://climbers.lsa.umich.edu. *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
