Zilla spinosa

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Zilla spinosa
Zilla spinosa flowers 1.jpg
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Zilla
Forssk.
Species:
Z. spinosa
Binomial name
Zilla spinosa
Synonyms [1]
  • Bunias spinosaL. (1767) (basionym)
  • Myagrum spinosum(L.) Lam.
  • Zilla myagroides var. macrocarpaDC.

Zilla is a genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Zilla spinosa, that grows in the Sahara-Arabian deserts of northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. [1]

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Description

Their flowers are light violet.

Subspecies

Four subspecies are accepted. [1]

Formerly placed here

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Zilla spinosa (L.) Prantl". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  2. "Physorhynchus chamaerapistrum (Boiss.) Boiss". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 3 October 2025.