Delicate annual or sometimes a biennial herb ; up to 15 cm high , with slender taproots . Stems erect to diffusely spreading , slender , several branching from the base , glandular-pubescent . Leaves opposite , simple , linear to filiform , apex blunt to apiculate , not usually fasciculate , not or slightly fleshy . Inflorescences in terminal cymes . Flowers sepals green or purplish , ovate-lanceolate , glabrous or sparsely glandular , with scarious margins ; petals 5 , pink to light purple , more or less equalling the petals ; stamens 4-7 ; styles 0 . 4-0 . 6 mm . Fruit capsule , ovoid , greenish tan , slightly exceeding the calyx , 3-valved . Seeds 0-6-0 . 7 mm , dark brown to black , shiny , unwinged , rugulose to prominently tuberculate . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
No Data
Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
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Alsine bracteata (B.L.Rob.) House
Arenaria diandra Guss.
Buda diandra (Guss.) Kuntze
Lepigonum diandrum (Guss.) Nyman
Spergula diandra (Guss.) Murb.
Tissa bracteata (B.L.Rob.) Small
No data
maintenanceAr.Item1
Lesser Sand-spurry
Small Sandspurrey
Alkali Sand-spurrey
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. *http://www.efloras.org. *https://keys.lucidcentral.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
