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Zilla (plant)

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Brassicaceae

Order
  
Brassicales

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Zilla spinosa, Farsetia, Erucaria, Panicum turgidum, Tamarix nilotica

Zilla is a genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae, that grows in the Sahara-Arabian extreme deserts, in Northern Africa and the Middle East.

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Species

Species include the following, and possibly others:

  • Zilla macroptera
  • Zilla spinosa

    • Formerly placed here:

  • Physorhynchus chamaerapistrum, formerly Zilla chamaerapistrum and Zilla schouwioides

    • Description

    Their flowers are light violet.

    References

    Zilla (plant) Wikipedia
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