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Vern.: Takla Qardi.
SHAHINA A. GHAZANFAR & YASIN J. NASIR
Annual, up to 40 cm tall. Stems erect, branched or simple, densely glandular-pubescent. Leaves 25-140 x 2-12 mm, linear-lanceolate, base clasping at the nodes, sessile, glandular-pubescent. Bracts similar to leaves, but smaller in size. Inflorescence paniculate, with 3-5 flowers in lax dichasia. Pedicels densely glandular-pubescent. Calyx 21-25 mm, acute; teeth lanceolate, 30-nerved, not anastomosing. Petals pink to reddish, limb 8-9 mm, emarginate or entire, claw 15-16 mm. Coronal scales oblong. Carpophore c. 1 mm, glabrous. Capsule 11-18 mm, conical, with narrow neck, included in the calyx. Seeds c. 1.1 mm long, reniform, minutely echinulate concentrically, brown.
Fl. Per.: March-April, Fr. Per.: May.
Type: Described from Spain, Hb. Linn 583/29 (LINN).
Common in Pakistan from 1520-2130 m. As a weed in cultivated fields. Used as soap and as fodder.
