A densely branched perennial subshrub ; up to 30 cm . Stems and branches erect to spreading , grey , rigid , may be sharply tipped . Leaves opposite or whorled , in fascicles , greyish , obovate-lanceolate or elliptical to linear-lanceolate , acute tip , rounded at base , white-pubescent with revolute or entire margins . Inflorescences simple to fork-shaped , in terminal , one-sided racemes , with 6-12 flowers on each branch . Flowers subsessile , small , bright yellow ; calyx 5 ; petals as long as the sepals , reflexed in daylight ; stamens many . Fruit capsule , ovoid , brown , enclosed within the calyx , hairy or pubescent , 3-valved , many tiny seeds . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Cistus lippii L.
Cistus rosmarinifolius All.
Helianthemum albicans Ehrenb. ex Willk.
Helianthemum sessiliflorum (Desf.) Pers.
Helianthemum velutinum Pomel
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Rockrose
The seeds were used as a treatment for eye ailment. Reported as a good browse for goats. (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://en.wiktionary.org *https://www.actaplantarum.org *https://second.wiki *Patzelt, A. (2015). Photographic Field Guide to the Plants of the Western Hajar Mountains, Sultanate of Oman: with a complete checklist of vascular plant species. Sultan Qaboos University – Academic Publication and Outreach Department. P.O Pox (17) Postal Code (123), Muscat, Al khoudh, Sultanate of Oman. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
