Small woody-based ascending herb ; up to 25 cm high . Stems branching from the base , prostrate to ascending , grey-green , hirsute to villous . Leaves sessile , 2–18 × 5–7 mm , obovate to elliptic , obtuse to acute , hirsute to sometimes villous . Inflorescences in one-sided racemes ; pedicels 2–6 mm ; bracts and bracteoles up to 4 mm , narrow , hirsute . Flowers pink to pinkish-brown ; calyx 5-lobed , lobes ± 1 mm , narrow ovate with narrow scarious margins , hirsute to villous ; corolla pink to pinkish-brown ; tube 14–18 mm , bent in the middle , glabrous outside ; lobes 4–7 mm , oblong to narrow ovate , acute , glabrous ; stamens 2 ; filaments glabrous ; anthers confluent . Fruit capsule , 4–5 . 5 mm , globose , brown . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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In Omani studies: Miller & Morris (1988) wrote that: "These small plants have no specific medicinal value, and the names given them: [J: ḥarér and íḏerόr] are names given to a variety of small, locally insiginificant plants which are grazed by goats, but are of limited nutritional importance to livestock. Gazelle - in the days when there were enough of these animals and of skilled game hunters to make such observations - were said to be very fond of these plants. The name íḏerόr is explained as being from the root DA, J, bdr, to sow, and is said to be given to such plants because they tend to grow in patches as if cultivated. Many of these species seem to flourish where they are in a position to receive the sea mists, and are commonly found along the sea cliffs and just inland from the coast, as well as
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*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 *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
