A semi-evergreen annual herb ; 30 cm high , usually rather flaccid . Stems erect to ascending , slender , generally weak , glabrous or with two lines of hairs along the length of the stems . Leaves opposite , glabrous , bright green , ovate-lanceolate , apex acute , broadly elliptic entire margins . Inflorescences 3-5 , in lax axillary or terminal cymes . Flowers white , small , star-shaped ; sepals 5 , ovate , with a rounded tip , free , sparsely villous ; petals white , deeply bifid , shorter than the sepals ; stamens 5-10 . Fruit capsule , cylindrical , light brown , dehiscing by 6 teeth , many-seeded . Seeds 0 . 8-1 . 4 mm , reddish brown , somwhat flattened , orbicular-reniform . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Alsine media L.
Stellaria media subsp. typica Beg.
Stellularia media (L.) Kuntze
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Chickweed
Common chickweed
Chickenwort
Craches
Maruns
Winterweed
White bird's eye
Birdweed
Satin flower
Tongue grass
Starweed
Starwort
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. *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
