Zilla (plant)

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.

Zilla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Zilla
Forssk.

Species

Species include the following, and possibly others:[1]

Formerly placed here:

  • Physorhynchus chamaerapistrum, formerly Zilla chamaerapistrum and Zilla schouwioides[1]

Description

Their flowers are light violet.

References

  1. "The Plant List". Retrieved 5 June 2011.


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