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Pergularia tomentosa

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Afghanistan
• Algeria
• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Chad
• Djibouti
• Egypt
• Ethiopia
• Gulf States
• Iran
• Israel
• Lebanon
• Libya
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Morocco
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palestine
• Saudi Arabia
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Tunisia
• Yemen

Natural Habitats

• Deserts
• coastal

Flowering Times

• Jul-Aug (Saudi Arabia)

Fruiting Times

Twining shrub, tomentose leaves & branches, tomentose leaves to 32mm x 10mm. Hairy umbels or corymbs of rusty green flowers with white centres, sepals 4mm long, corolla tube 4mm long with lobes 7mm long. Beaked follicles to 60mm long.

Further References

• de Candolle
• G. Don
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• Kew