Perennial shrub ; up to 1 m tall . Stems erect , woody , spinescent , branching divaricate , glaucous , glabrescent ; young stems white pubescent . Leaves alternate , 1 . 5–8 × 1 . 5–6 mm , spathulate to orbicular , somewhat fleshy , glabrous , mucronate , obtuse , base gradually tapering into the petiole , ± 3 mm . Inflorescences solitary , axillary in lax racemes ; pedicels filiform , 2–7 mm , becoming recurved . Flowers pale yellow with purple veins ; calyx lobes unequal , acute with narrow hyaline margins ; upper lobe 3–4 mm , broadly ovate ; lower lobe ± 3 mm , ovate ; median lobes1 . 5–2 mm , lanceolate ; corolla pale yellow with purple veins , 6–7 mm , upper lip 2- fid , lower lip 3-fid with a prominent palate ; stamens 4 . Fruit capsule , 5–6 mm , ovoid to globose , glabrous , with unequal locules . Seeds with broad inflated ridges . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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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.*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. *https://en.wikipedia.org *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
