Fagonia arabica
L., Sp. Pl. 386. 1753. F.
cretica L. var. arabica (L.) T. Anderson
in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5: 12. 1868.
Guj.: Dhraman.
Shrublets, perennial, up to 50 cm high, suberect to erect, diffusely branched, glandular; internodes terete, 2 - 3 cm long, striate. Lower leaves trifoliolate, upper ones unifoliolate; petioles 3 - 5 mm long; leaflets linear-oblong, mucronate, 4 - 12 x 1.5 - 3 mm; stipular spines 1 - 2 cm long. Sepals deciduous, oblong-lanceolate, ca 3 x 1.5 mm, glandular outside. Petals obtuse, 5 - 6 x 3 - 4 mm. Stamens ca 5 mm long. Capsules ca 5 mm across, glandular-pubescent.
Fl. & Fr. Oct. - March.
Distrib. India: Gujarat.
Pakistan, Arabia, N. Africa.
Shrublets, perennial, up to 50 cm high, suberect to erect, diffusely branched, glandular; internodes terete, 2 - 3 cm long, striate. Lower leaves trifoliolate, upper ones unifoliolate; petioles 3 - 5 mm long; leaflets linear-oblong, mucronate, 4 - 12 x 1.5 - 3 mm; stipular spines 1 - 2 cm long. Sepals deciduous, oblong-lanceolate, ca 3 x 1.5 mm, glandular outside. Petals obtuse, 5 - 6 x 3 - 4 mm. Stamens ca 5 mm long. Capsules ca 5 mm across, glandular-pubescent.
Fl. & Fr. Oct. - March.
Distrib. India: Gujarat.
Pakistan, Arabia, N. Africa.
