Slender 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 . Flowers pale yellow to reddish , 3 mm wide ; sepals 5 , free , ± 2 mm , lyrate , sparsely to densely pubescent ; petals 5 , free , spoon-shaped ; stamens 5-10 ; ovary superior , 2–celled , sparsely hairy . Fruit capsule , 5-7 mm , ovoid , 2-locular , indehiscent , with hooked spines , densely white-woolly , 2–4-seeded . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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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://sites.google.com *https://uses.plantnet-project.org *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
