Cistanche_rosea_2-06082024 © OBG
Cistanche_rosea_3-06082024 © OBG
Cistanche_rosea_4-06082024 © OBG
Cistanche_rosea_5-06082024 © OBG
Cistanche_rosea_6-06082024 © OBG
Cistanche_rosea-06082024 © OBG
An erect perennial herb ; up to 20 cm high , parasitic . Stems erect , fleshy , unbranched , often swollen towards the base , pinkish-red , fleshy , glabrous . Leaves sessile , imbricate , 10–20 x 8-10 mm , ovate to ovate-oblong , obtuse , glabrous , fleshy , pinkish-red . Inflorescences in dense terminal spikes 8–20 cm , ± cylindrical ; bract smaller than flowers , glabrous ; bracteoles 2 , lanceolate , adnate to the calyx . Flowers hermaphrodite , bilaterally symmetrical ; calyx 12-15 mm , campanulate , 5-lobed ; corolla , narrow infundibuliform , curved or straight , rose-pink to pale pink , glabrous ; stamens 4 ; filaments hairy below ; anthers villous ; stigma orangy-red . Fruit capsule . Seeds not seen . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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Regional Endemic (RE) - Near Threatened (NT) - National Assessment
Not Common
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Not recorded yet. However the local name 'béḏaḥ asperi' literally means "jinn's béḏaḥ" where 'béḏaḥ' is a name used for the common plant in Dhofar, Gladiolus candidus. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
*Ghazanfar, S. (2015). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.3: Loganiaceae – Asteraceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 9789082352511 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.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. *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. *Patzelt, A. (2015). Oman Plant Red Data Book. Published by Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman. Oman Botanic Garden Publication No. 1. ISBN 978-99969-50-10-0. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
