Perennial herb or low shrub ; up to 45 cm tall , with a woody stock . Stems erect to ascending , slender , many , arising from the base , branched , pubescent . Leaves alternate , 10-27 x 5-10 mm , green , obovate , apex rounded , base cuneate , margin entire , pubescent ; petiole sessile to ± 1 mm . Inflorescences in terminal and axillary racemes , subtended by small ovate , acuminate pubescent bracts ; pedicel 4-6 mm , pubescent . Flowers purple ; sepals persistent ; outer 3 sepals 3-4 mm , ovate to oblong-ovate ; inner 2 sepals 9-10 x 8-9 mm , boradly ovate with an acute tip , often with the median nerve protruding , shortly clawed , yellow with distinct purple and brown nerves , sparsely pubescent , ciliate ; petals purple , crest of the keel purple . Fruit capsule , 4-5 x ± 4 mm , oblong , enclosed by persistent sepals , emarginated , compressed , very narrowly winged on all sides , ciliate , enclosed by the larger inner sepals . Seeds c . 4 x 2 mm , ovoid-ellipsoid , with long
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Polygala matteiana Pamp.
Polygala multiflora Mattei
Polygala rogersiana Baker f.
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China Milkwort
In Omani studies: Miller & Morris (1988) wrote that: "This small plant grows in the monsoon affected areas of Dhofar, but is more commonly to be found in the rather drier mountainous areas, such as the steep rocky wooded slopes at the back of the high, wet plateaux [J: gye], or at the back of the plateaux. One of the plants names refers to this - J: herum ezerah - means "plant of the steep wooded slopes". It is commonly associated in such habitats with the very important fodder plant called locally J: herum axali (species of Ecbolium), and livestock browsing on these two herbs in the drier mountain slopes produce milk with a distinctive smell and flavour, such as that herders can tell from the milk alone that the animals have been grazing these 'zerh' or 'gye' areas. However, this plant is also included in a group of plants
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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. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
