Xerotia_arabica_2 © OBG
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Xerotia_arabica © OBG
Small subshrub ; up to 10-60 cm , glaucous . Stems erect , arising from a woody rootstock , apparently dying back after the growing season , grey-green , sparsely villous . Leaves sessile , in whorls at the nodes , oblong to oblong-obovate , glabrous , succulent . Inflorescences in terminal cymes . Flowers minute ; sepals 5 , fleshy , blunt at the apex ; petals c . 1mm , white ; stamens 5 . Fruit capsule ovoid , 3-6-seeded , exserted from the calyx , splitting by 3 valves . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Regional Endemic (RE) - Vulnerable (VU B1b(ii , iii)) - National Assessment
Rare
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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. *https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.or *https://plants.jstor.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. *Patzelt, A. (2015). Oman Plant Red Data Book. Published by Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman. Oman Botanic Garden Publication No. 1. ISBN 978-99969-50-10-0. *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
