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Zilla (genus)

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Zilla

Zilla is one of the most ancient brassicaceae, growing in the Sharo-Arabian extreme deserts. It is a short leaved herbaceous naked, bluish-waxy perennial or an annual with a roundish canopy. Their flowers are light violet. Fruits are cheekpea-like. In rainy years Zilla spinosa forms nice violets patches in the desert.

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