woody-based perennial herb ; up to 40 cm high . Stems erect to ascensing , many , arising from the base , crisped-pubescent to glabrous . Leaves alternate , 5-15 x 2-4 mm , grey-green , oblong-elliptic to lanceolate , apex acute with a small mucro , base cuneate , margin entire , sparsely shortly crisped-pubescent ; petiole ± 1 mm , pubescent . Inflorescences in terminal racemes ; pedicel ± 1 . 5 mm , glabrous ; bracts and bracteoles glabrous , soon falling . Flowers purple ; sepals persistent , the outer 3 sepals ± 3 mm , glabrous ; inner 2 sepals 7-7 . 5 mm , elliptic , reddish-purple , glabrous ; petals purple , crest of the keel purple . Fruit capsule , 5-5 . 5 x 5-6 mm , obovoid , compressed , glabrous , broadly winged on all sides ; wings 1 . 5-2 mm broad , glabrous , enclosed by the larger inner sepals . Seeds with long silky hairs ; caruncle appendages short . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
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Near Endemic (NE) - Least Concern (LC) - Global Assessment
Frequent
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
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Dhofari Milkwort
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*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 *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. *Pickering, H. Patzelt, A. (2008). Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. ISBN 9781842461778. *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
