Zilla (genus)

taxobox
name = "Zilla"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Brassicales
familia = 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.