Semi-parasitic annual herb ; up to 20 cm high . Stems erect , branching from base , sparsely hairy . Leaves opposite , 5–7 × ± 1 mm , ascending , sessile , linear . Inflorescences axillary , solitary , alternate , in long dense terminal spikes almost the entire length of the stem ; lower bracts leaf-like , 6–7 mm ; the upper linear to subulate ; bracteoles subulate . Flowers white (turning inky blue on drying) ; calyx tubular , 5-lobed ; teeth 5–5 . 5 mm , lanceolate , hispid ciliate ; corolla white (turning inky blue on drying) , 2-lipped , glandular-pubescent outside ; tube narrow , 9–10 mm , curved at right angles just above calyx teeth ; limb with lobes obovate ; lower lobes 3 , ± 3 mm ; stamens 4 , didynamous , inserted in the tube below the mouth ; anthers monothecous . Fruit capsule , 4–5 mm , ovoid . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Buchnera densiflora Benth.
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maintenanceAr.Item1
Denseflower 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://davisla.wordpress.com *https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
