Triumfetta pentandra A.Rich.

An erect , hairy annual herb ; up to 60 cm high . Stems erect , branched , often woody at the base , succulent , reddish or green , stellate-hairy . Leaves alternate , 1 . 5-7 x 0 . 6-7 cm , simple , petiolate , broadly elliptic to ovate broadly ovate to rhomboid , with 3 obscure lobes , margin serrate to dentate , sparsely hairy above , 3-5-veined ; petiole 0 . 7–5 . 5 cm long ; stipules narrowly triangular , up to 7 mm long , dark brown , hairy . Inflorescences in clusters in the leaf axils , peduncle up to 3 mm long ; pedicels up to 3 mm long . Flowers yellow , bisexual , regular ; sepals 5 , free , ± 2 mm , lyrate , sparsely to densely pubescent ; petals 5 , free , spoon-shaped , yellow or green , with basal claw , as long as the sepals , spatulate ; stamens 5-10 ; ovary superior , 2–celled , sparsely hairy . Fruit capsule , 5-7 mm , ovoid , 2-locular , indehiscent , with hooked spines , densely hairy , 2–4-seeded . Seeds 1 . 5–2 . 5 mm long . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .

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Triumfetta rhomboidea var. pentandra (A.Rich.) J.L.Ellis