pentandrus

Herbs, annual or biennial, prostrate to procumbent, pilose to densely villous, greyish-white. Leaves up to 7 cm long; leaflets (6-)8 - 12(-14), elliptic-oblong, oblique, acute, 3 - 10(-13) x 1 - 5 mm; stipules ovate-lanceolate or falcate, acute, 2 - 5 mm long. Flowers 6 - 12 mm across, yellow; pedicels up to 15 mm long. Sepals linear-lanceolate, 4 - 6 x 1.5 - 2 mm. Petals ovate-oblong, cuneate-truncate and wavy at apex, 4 - 7 x 2 - 3 mm. Stamens 5 - 10, 2.5 - 4 mm long; anthers oblong; intrastaminal glands triangular, free or slightly connate, glabrous; extrastaminal glands thick, slightly bilobed or truncate. Ovary ca 1.5 mm across, densely bulbous-based stiff hairy; style ca 1 mm long; stigma 5-rayed. Mericarps pubescent to pilose, winged; wings 2 - 15 mm broad, dentate to serrate; seeds 2 - 3.

Fl. & Fr. Sept. - March.

Distrib. India: usually on sandy habitats; Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan.

Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Arabia, Somalia, Sudan and N. Africa.