Woody-based succulent perennial herb ; up to 30 cm high , forming clumps . Stems decumbent to erect , ± branched , covered with remains of old leaves below , densely tomentose with short branched , and glandular hairs . Leaves alternate , crowded , appearing rosetted , 3 . 5– 8 × 0 . 7–1 cm , narrowly obovate , tip acute , base long attenuate into undifferentiated petioles , margins entire , greyish-green , densely and shortly tomentose . Inflorescences in ascending racemes , terminal ; pedicels 10–15 mm , shortly tomentose . Flowers sweetly aromatic , pale mauve with yellow markings in throat , funnel-shaped ; calyx 22–30 mm , campanulate , 5–lobed , accrescent in fruit ; lobes ± equal , with the uppermost largest , broadly triangular , acute ; corolla pale mauve with yellow markings in throat , 30–45 mm , funnel-shaped , 5-lobed , glabrous ; lobes unequal , broadly ovate-triangular , the 2 lower smaller than the upper 3 ; stamens exserted ; anthers 1–2 mm long ; ovary ovoid , 2-celled ; style 2 . 5–4 mm , exserted ; stigma capitate . Fruit capsule , 6–15 × 4–8 mm , obovoid , dehiscense circumsessile . Seeds 1-1 . 5 x
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People from the central desert claim that "only a precies amount of a leaf (quarter of a leaf) is taken as a treatment for diabetec. Excess amount could cause coma or dizzness". (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden). The juice expressed from the leaves of Hyoscyamus species was rubbed into the scalp and hair as a tonic, and to encourage the hair to grow long and thick. However, in local tradition, only the plant that grows 'far from the sound of the sea' is regarded as being effective in this way, the coastal species being believed to be less poent. The leaves are not browsed by livestock, who avoid the plant. The whole plant contains the poisonous alkalod hyoscyamine, as well as small amounts of the alkaloids atropine and hyoscine, which have, in small doses, a hypnotic and narcotic effect. They also have anti-spasmodic and mildly diuretic properties". (Ref. Plants of Dhofar).
*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 *https://en.wiktionary.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
