Pergularia tomentosa L
Scientific classification
Kingdom: plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order:Gentianales
Family:Asclepiadaceae
Genus:Pergularia
Species:tomentosa
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Distribution: Egypt,N.Africa, Middle East,Pakistan,India
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Habit:Twining or somwhat suberect , herbaceous,pubecent perennials
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Inflorescences: of peduncled, extra-axillary umbellate cymes. Calyx deeply 5-lobed. Corolla pale-greenish to reddish, rotate with cupulately spreading lobes fringed with dense white hairs
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leaves: petiolate,cordate, up to 35 x 30 mm.
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Flowers: Flowers pale-reddish, c. 15 mm across, in peduncled, extra axillary umbellate cymes. Corolla lobes spreading, up to c. 7 mm long, densely hairy outside, the pubescence giving a marginal fringe to the lobes. Follicles up to c. 7.5 cm long, rostrate tapering, muricate with prominent tubercles or short, soft spines.