The plant is glaucous glandular-scabrous with woody base or low shrub. Stems are much branched and prostrate or ascending. Stipules are chaffy. Petiole is 0.5-2 mm. Leaves are suborbicular-ovate, glabrous. Stipules are 1 mm, and oblong. Male flowers: pedicel is 2 mm; petals 1.5 mm, and whitish. Female flowers: pedicel is 3-5 mm., sepals rhombic, lanceolate, and persistent; petals are minute. Capsule is glabrous and seeds 1.5 mm, angular, reticulate-foveolate.
North Sinai, Isthmic Desert , Galala Desert, Mountainous Southern Sinai.
Cape Verde Islands, Mediterranean Region, West Asia, Somalia, Socotra.
Desert Wadis, Sandy Plains, Stony Ground.
Perennail.
Height: 15-30 cm.
Andrachne telephioides is a species of shrub in the family Phyllanthaceae. They have a self-supporting growth form and simple, broad leaves. Individuals can grow to 12 cm.[1][2]
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Andrachne telephioides is a species of shrub in the family Phyllanthaceae. They have a self-supporting growth form and simple, broad leaves. Individuals can grow to 12 cm.
