Craterostigma pumilum Hochst.

Small perennial rosette herb ; up to 7 cm high , with short rhizome with many reddish roots . Stems very reduced and covered in old leaf-bases , hirsute to ± glabrous . Leaves in a basal rosette , opposite , sessile , lying flat on the ground , 2–4 , linear-lanceolate to broadly ovate to ovate-elliptic , margins entire , apex obtuse to acute or shortly acuminate , base narrowing into a short , broad petiole , densely pubescent beneath , glabrous and smooth above , margins ciliate , 5-veined . Inflorescences arising from the centre of the rosette on a ± sessile peduncle with relatively long (2-3 cm) pedicels bearing individual flowers ; bracts lanceolate , up to 1 cm long , ciliate . Flowers purple or blue to pink with white and yellowish throat ; calyx lenrthening in fruit , tubular , 5-ribbed ; corolla variable from purple or blue to pink with white and yellowish throat , upper lip entire ; lower lip 3-lobed ; stamens 4 . Fruit capsule , as long as or slightly longer than ... the calyx , broadly ovoid . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .

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Rare & Threatened (RT) - Vulnerable (VU C2b ; D1+2) - National Assessment

Very Rare

Craterostigma auriculifolium (Dombrain) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Wettst.
Dunalia acaulis R.Br.
Torenia auriculifolia Dombrain
Torenia pumila (Hochst.) Benth.