Delicate annual herb ; up to 10 cm high , glabrous . Stems erect to ascending , many-stemmed , rigid , slender , pale brownish ; lower part of stem usually leafless with the leaves withering soon . Leaves sessile , often glaucous ; upper leaves in whorls ; cauline leaves 5-18 mm , linear . Inflorescences 1–4-flowered , in terminal and axillary , umbellate cymes , sessile or pedunculate ; pedicels slender , straight , rather rigid , 5–18 mm long , usually exceeding the leaves . Flowers greenish-white ; sepals , 1-3 mm , green with white margins , persistent ; petals absent ; stamens 5 . Fruit capsule , spherical , dehiscing by 3 valves . Seeds c . 0 . 2 mm long , numerous , 3-angled-pyriform , brown , compressed , triangular in outline , shining . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
No Data
Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
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Mollugo cerviana (L.) Ser.
Mollugo tenuissima Peter
Pharnaceum cerviana L.
Pharnaceum glabrum Steud.
No data
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Thread-Stem Carpetweed
Slender Carpetweed
Indian Chickweed
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://www.flowersofindia.net *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
