Erect perennial herb ; up to 60 cm with leafy stems and a creeping rhizome . Stems erect , leafy throughout , 8-20-leaved . Leaves alternate , plicate , lance-shaped , acuminate , with entire margins , sheathing at the base . Inflorescences many-flowered , on one side of short stalks arising from leaf nodes . Flowers large , green to yellowish green with purplish or reddish radial stripes and white tip to the lip , becoming pendulous with age ; sepals green with purplish to maroon margins ; petals ovate , acute . Fruit capsule , cylindrical , splitting lenght-wise . Seeds brown , tiny . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 4) .
No Data
Rare & Threatened (RT) - Vulnerable (VU A4abc) - National Assessment
Not Common
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Amesia somaliensis (Rolfe) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
Arthrochilium veratrifolium (Boiss. & Hohen.) Szlach.
Epipactis abyssinica Pax
Epipactis somaliensis Rolfe
Helleborine consimilis Druce
Limodorum veratrifolium (Boiss. & Hohen.) Kuntze
Serapias somaliensis (Rolfe) A.A.Eaton
No Data
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Eastern Marsh Helleborine
Scarce Marsh Helleborine
Not used traditionally. However, sometimes, especially during drough seasons, it is taken along with other weeds and grasses available as fodder for domestic animals. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
Ghazanfar, S. (2018). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.4: Hydrocharitaceae – Orchidaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 56). ISBN 9789492663153 ISSN 0779-2387. https://en.wikipedia.org https://www.first-nature.com http://www.orchidsofbritainandeurope.co.uk Patzelt, A. (2015). Photographic Field Guide to the Plants of the Western Hajar Mountains, Sultanate of Oman: with a complete checklist of vascular plant species. Sultan Qaboos University – Academic Publication and Outreach Department. P.O Pox (17) Postal Code (123), Muscat, Al khoudh, Sultanate of Oman. 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 (2022). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
