Calligonum comosum seeds

shrub;
Plant: 0.5-1 meter high;
Branches: Old branches are light gray; young branches are gray-green, with joints, and the internodes are 1-3 cm long;
Leaves: Linear leaves 2-3 mm long; stipules membranous;
Flowers: 1-3 flowers are born in the leaf axils, the pedicel is 3-4 mm long, and has a joint in the middle; the tepals are wide and oval, dark red or light red, and are reflexed when in fruit;
Fruit: Fruit (including spines) is nearly spherical, broadly oval or elliptical, 10-15 mm long and 10-14 mm wide. Young fruits are reddish brown or light red, mature fruits are brown or yellowish brown; achenes are oval or broadly elliptical. Shape, 8-11 mm long, 3-5 mm wide, twisted, with wide ribs and deep grooves; each rib has 3 rows of spines (a few have 2 rows), the base of the middle row is not expanded, and the bases of the two marginal rows are expanded, flat, and separated Or slightly connected, dense, thick, hard, usually shorter than or equal to the width of the achene, with 2-3 forks in the upper or middle upper part, and short and pointed terminal branches, spreading and upright;