Zilla (plant)
Appearance
Zilla | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Brassicaceae |
Genus: | Zilla Forssk. |
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.
Species
[edit]Species include the following, and possibly others:[1]
Formerly placed here:
- Physorhynchus chamaerapistrum, formerly Zilla chamaerapistrum and Zilla schouwioides[1]
Description
[edit]Their flowers are light violet.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The Plant List". Retrieved 5 June 2011.