Erect , branching leafy annual or perennial herb ; up to 60 cm tall , papillose throughout . Stems erect , simple or branched . Leaves 1-10 x 1-4 cm , alternate , slightly fleshy , narrowly obovate or ovate to broadly ovate , apex acute , with wavy margins . Inflorescences in dense conical spikes . Flowers (6-)7(-8)-merous , small , white/cream ; petals cream or yellow , unequal ; stamens 12 or more . Fruit capsule , erect , ovoid , narrow at the apex with three teeth at the top . Seeds 0 . 6-0 . 8 x c . 0 . 5 mm , minute , dark brown , smooth , shiny . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Reseda aucheri var. bracteata (Boiss.) Abdallah & de Wit
Reseda bracteata Boiss.
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Known as a good browse for goats after the rainy season. Herders claimed that goats that grazed on this plant produce a flavoury limony tasted milk. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
*Ghazanfar, S. (2003). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.1: Piperaceae – Primulaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 90-72619-55-2 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://en.wiktionary.org. *http://www.efloras.org *https://casabio.org *https://www.plantsofthemiddleeast.com *Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press. ISBN 0748604758. *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
