Alhagi camelorum seeds

Subshrub;
Plant: up to 40 cm;
Stem: Stem erect, finely striated, glabrous or pubescent in young stems, branching from base; branches rising parallel;
Leaves: Leaves are alternate, ovate, obovate or obovate, 0.8-1.5 cm long, with rounded apex, short hard tip, cuneate base, entire margin, hairless, and short stalk;
Flowers: axillary racemes, the inflorescence rachis turns into a hard sharp spine, the spine is 2-3 times as long as the leaves, hairless, with 3-6(-8) flowers on the spine; the flower is 0.8-1 cm long; bracts Subulate, about 1 mm long; pedicel 1-3 mm long; calyx bell-shaped, 4-5 mm long, pubescent, calyx teeth triangular or subulate-triangular, 1/3 to 1/ of the length of the calyx tube 4; Corolla is deep purple-red, the flag petal is oblong-ovate, 8-9 mm long, the apex is obtuse or truncated, the base is wedge-shaped, with a short stalk, the wing petals are oblong, 3/4 of the length of the flag petal, Keel valve and flag valve are approximately equal in length; ovary linear, hairless;
Fruit: Pods are linear, often curved, almost hairless;