Erect , perennial herb , somewhat glaucous ; up to 30 cm high or more , branching from the base . Stems ascending to decimbent to ± erect , 4-angled , glabrous , leafy throughout . Leaves opposite , sessile , lanceolate to narrow elliptic to linear , apex acute , margin entire to minutely denticulate , base cuneate , 3-veined from the base , glabrous . Inflorescences in dense clusters in leaf axils . Flowers white with greenish lines , often drying yellowish , sessile ; calyx 5-lobed to almost the base ; corolla white , tubular ; stamens 5 , filaments inserted on the corolla tube . Fruit capsule , small , obovoid . Seeds muricate . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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Rare & Threatened (RT) - Vulnerable (VU D1) - National Assessment
Rare
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Gentiana axillaris Lam.
Xolemia axillaris (Poir. ex Lam.) Raf.
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Indian Whitehead
Not used traditionally.
*Ghazanfar, S. (2015). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.3: Loganiaceae – Asteraceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 9789082352511 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://gentian.rutgers.edu *https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw *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. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
