Semi-parasitic annual herb ; up to 15–20 cm high . Stems erect , slender , obtusely square , usually branched from middle , densely hispid . Leaves opposite , 8–20 × 1–3 mm , linear to linear-lanceolate , margin entire , veins obscure , hispid . Inflorescences opposite or alternate in lax racemes ; bracts 9–12 mm long , longer than the calyx ; bracteoles ± 2 mm . Flowers red with yellow throat , occasionally yellow ; calyx tubular , 6 mm (including teeth) ; teeth ± 2 mm , 10- ribbed ; corolla 2-lipped , scarlet red , outside yellowish , occasionally entirely yellow , tube 10–14 mm , tube bent near limb , sparsely to densely pubescent ; limb with the upper lobe emarginate , 4 mm wide ; lower lobes spreading , 4 mm long ; style persistent . Fruit capsule , 7 mm , narrowly ovoid . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Buchnera asiatica L.
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Asiatic Witchweed
Red Witchweed
Common Mealie-witchweed
Witchweed
Not recorded yet.
*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 *https://www.etymonline.com *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
