Delicate annual herb ; up to 10 cm high . Stems and branches few , pubescent with simple and glandular hairs . Leaves 5-7 x 3 mm , ovate to narrow ovate , margins obscurely dentate , sparsely stellate-pubescent ; petiole 1–5 m ; stipules up to 3 mm long , linear-lanceolate . Inflorescences solitary in leaf-axils , with filiform pedicels , nodding ; a finge of hairs present at the articulation of pedicel and peduncle . Flowers red ; sepals 5 , united below to form a cup-like structure , lobes ± 1 mm , sparsely pubescent ; petals obovate , about as long as the sepals . Fruit capsule , 3-5 mm , subglobose , sparsely hairy with glandular and simple hairs . Seeds c . 1 . 5 mm long , transversely wrinkled and densely granular . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
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Not used traditionally. However, in Omani studies: Ghazanfar (2003) wrote that: "Over-grazing by camels and cattle". (Ref. Flora of Oman; vol.1).
*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 *Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088. *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. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
