Annual herb . Stems erect or ascending , pubescent with short hairs and longer often glandular hairs . Leaves orbicular in outline , ± 5 cm in diameter ; blade usually 5-lobed , divided to about two-thirds of the radius ; lobes 5–12 mm wide at the base , obovate , pinnatifid in upper part , pubescent ; petioles long . Inflorescences 1-3-flowered ; peduncle 0-4 cm long , glandular hairy . Flowers mauve or pink with a dark purple centre ; sepals narrowly ovate , to 10 mm long in fruit , 2-fid , mucronate ; petals 6-9(-10) mm , mauve or pink with a dark purple centre . Fruit mericarps , 5-7 mm , orange , glabrous , with strongly dentate wings along the edges , and with 2 curved horn-like appendages at the apex , becoming detached from the beak-like style at maturity . Seeds 2-3 mm long , minutely reticulate , brownish . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
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Meadow Cranesbill (Black Beauty)
Not used traditionally.
*Ghazanfar, S. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.2: Crassulaceae – Apiaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 36). ISBN 9789072619747 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5. *https://www.etymonline.com *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
