Naturalised
Annual herb ; up to 50 cm tall , woody-rooted . Stems erect or decumbent , strigose , stellate-pubescent . Leaves alternate , 1-7 x 0 . 5-4 cm , ovate , appressed pubescent with simple and stellate hairs , especially on the nerves , apex acute , base rounded , margin coarsely serrate ; petiole 2-3 cm long , stellate-hairy ; stipules 3-5 mm long , lanceolate , acuminate , early deciduous . Inflorescences 1-3 , in the leaf axils ; pedicel slender , 2-5 mm . Flowers yellow , about 1 . 3 cm broad ; epicalyx of linear segments , strigose ; calyx 5-6 mm , lobes ovate , strigose ; corolla obovate ; style branching 2 mm above its base . Fruit schizocarp , 5-6 mm in diameter , globose , enclosed within the calyx , composed of 8 to 14 mericarps , with a dorsal beak , hairy on the dorsal face . Seeds about 2 mm long and 2 mm wide , kidney-shaped , thick , reddish brown , with a few stiff hairs . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
No Data
Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Malva coromandeliana L.
Malva tricuspidata R.Br.
Malvastrum tricuspidatum A.Gray
Malveopsis coromandeliana (L.) Morong
Malveopsis coromandeliana var. normalis Kuntze
No data
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Threelobe False Mallow
False Mallow
Broom Weed
Clock Plant
Prickly Malvastrum
Spiked Malvastrum
Stekelrige Malvastrum
Not used traditionally.
*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 *https://casabio.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. *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
