Naturalised
Perennial herb ; up to 20 cm high . Stems erect , simple or branched , quadrangular to narrowly winged , glabrous . Leaves opposite , 10-55 x 5-35 mm , ovate to elliptic , base tapering into a long petiole 5-20 mm , apex acute to obtuse , margins entire , glabrous to sparsely appressed pubescent , ciliate ; stipules ± 1 mm , broadly triangular . Inflorescences terminal or axillary , many-flowered ; pedicels up to 3 cm ; bracts 1 . 5-3 mm , narrowly traingular . Flowers tiny , white ; calyx 5-lobed , united to about a fifth of their length , ± 2 mm ; lobes ± 1 mm , ovate to triangular , glabrous ; corolla white to bluish , 1 . 5-2 . 5 mm , lobed above ; lobes ± 1 mm , triangular ; stamens 5 , inserted at the base of the corolla ; anthers yellow ; ovary subglobose , slightly compressed . Fruit capsule , 2-3 mm , 2-horned , the horns divergent , erect or curved inwards , adpressed-pubescent . Seeds ca . 0 . 5 mm , ellipsoid , concave on one side , smooth . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
No Data
Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Cynoctonum mitreola (L.) Britton
Cynoctonum petiolatum J.F.Gmel.
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maintenanceAr.Item1
Lax Hornpod
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://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au *Patzelt, A. Pysek, P. Pergl, J. Van Kleunen, M. (2022). Alien flora of Oman: invasion status, taxonomic composition, habitats, origin, and pathways of introduction. Doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02711-4. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
