Subshrub ; up to 25 cm high . Stems branched , more or less leafless , grey-green or sometimes purplish-grey , ± spinescent , hirsute to villous . Leaves sessile , 3–7 × ± 1 mm , linear-oblong to subulate , acute tip , hirsute . Inflorescences arranged in up to 6-flowered racemes at the ends of branches ; pedicels ± 2 mm , shortly hirsute ; bracts and bracteoles 1 . 5–2 mm , linear-subulate , hirsute . Flowers purple ; calyx 5-lobed ; lobes 3 . 5–4 mm , linear , acute , hirsute ; corolla purple , glabrous outside ; tube 8–9 mm , bent about the level of calyx , glabrous outside ; lobes ± 4 mm , obovate , acute , glabrous ; stamens 2 ; filaments glabrous ; anthers confluent ; ovary 2-locular , ovules numerous ; style simple ; stigma capitate . Fruit capsule , 3–5 mm , globose , compressed , apex retuse , brown , glabrous , many-seeded . Seeds 1 . 3 x 1 mm , circular , pale reddish brown , with a narrow wing extending around two thirds of the margin . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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Endemic (EN) - Critically Endangered (CR D1) - Global Assessment
Very Rare
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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
