Erect perennial herb or shrub ; up to 2 m tall , hairy . Stems and branches with velvety stellate hairs . Leaves alternate , 4-13 x 4-13 cm , grey/green , broadly ovate , apex acute to acuminate , base cordate , margins irregularly serrulate to serrate , stellate-hairy on both surfaces ; petiole as long as or shorter than the leaf blade . Inflorescences solitary , axillary , 3-4 cm across ; pedicel 1-3 cm . Flowers yellow with a purple centre , opening in the late afternoon ; calyx 7-12 mm , lobes ovate ; petals 5 , free , yellow to orange with dark red to purple base . Fruit mericarps , 24-28 , hairy at the back , glabrous on the sides , 1–3-seeded . Seeds ± 2 . 5 × 2 mm , reniform , brown , with simple or stellate hairs . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Frequent
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Sida pannosa G.Forst.
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Ragged Mallow
In central desert, the green seeds are edible. (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 *http://www.flowersofindia.net *Pickering, H. Patzelt, A. (2008). Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. ISBN 9781842461778. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
