Perennial low prostrate herb ; up to 40 cm high , but often much shorter , arising from woody rootstock . Stems woody base , ± prostrate to ascending , spreading , slender . Leaves alternate , 7-11 x 10(-16)-15(-25) mm , dark green , covered with waxy coating , reniform-orbicular , apex rounded with a small mucro , base rounded to slightly cordate , margin entire ; stipules ovate , green with a hyaline margin ; petiole (3-)5-8 mm . Inflorescences solitary , axillary ; pedicels 3-5 mm . Flowers minute , white to green , dioecious . Male flowers ± 2 mm across ; sepals ± 1 mm , denticulate ; petals shorter than the sepals . Female flowers ± 4 mm across . Fruit capsule , 2 . 5-3 mm in diameter , depressed-globose , covered with short hairs . Seeds subtriquetrous , convex on the back , slightly pitted . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
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Andrachne aspera var. glandulosa Hochst. ex A.Rich.
Andrachne aspera var. maritima A.Terracc.
Andrachne gruvelii Daveau
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Hairy Flax
As its vernacular name reflects 'shajarat al aqrab', the plant is well known used to treat and soothe the pain of scorpion sting. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
*Ghazanfar, S. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.2: Crassulaceae – Apiaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 36). ISBN 9789072619747 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://humananatomy.host.dartmouth.edu *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
