Annual erect herb ; up to 60 cm high , with slender root . Stems delicate , branched , smooth . Leaves alternate , divided into narrow leaf segments with linear light green lobes , oblong , acute tip , glabrous ; petiole usually long . Inflorescences densely many-flowered clusters ; peduncles usually more than 5 mm . Flowers 5–6 . 5 mm long , pink with a darker pink to purple tip ; sepals small , ± 2 mm , ovate , acute , margin obscurely toothed ; petals 4 , cohering , pinkish-white with dark-red or maroon tips , upper petal keeled at the apex and with a short basal spur ; stamens 6 . Fruit capsule , ± 2 mm , round to oblong , 2-valved with 2 shallow apical pits . Seeds tiny , numerous . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
No Data
Not Evaluated (NE)
Frequent
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Fumaria australis Pugsley
No data
maintenanceAr.Item1
Not known
In Omani studies: Ghazanfar (2003) wrote that: "The plant has been used in traditional medicine as an anthelmintic, laxative, for dyspepsia, and skin problems". (Ref. Flora of Oman; vol.1). In addition, Patzelt (2015) mentioned that: "The plant is used to treat various digestive system and skin problems". (Ref. Photographic Field Guide to the Plants of the Western Hajar Mountains, Sultanate of Oman; 2015).
*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://wssa.net *https://plants.jstor.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.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press. ISBN 0748604758. *Patzelt, A. (2015). Photographic Field Guide to the Plants of the Western Hajar Mountains, Sultanate of Oman: with a complete checklist of vascular plant species. Sultan Qaboos University – Academic Publication and Outreach Department. P.O Pox (17) Postal Code (123), Muscat, Al khoudh, Sultanate of Oman. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
