Zilla spinosa

Zilla spinosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
  • Bunias spinosa L. (1767) (basionym)
  • Myagrum spinosum (L.) Lam.
  • Zilla myagroides var. macrocarpa DC.

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.

Description

Their flowers are light violet.

Subspecies

Four subspecies are accepted.

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.