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Fagonia cretica

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Fagonia cretica
Bright sunlight: Flower,
stems, and leaves
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Zygophyllales
Family: Zygophyllaceae
Genus: Fagonia
Species:
F. cretica
Binomial name
Fagonia cretica

Fagonia cretica is a species of plant in the caltrop family (Zygophyllaceae). It is native to dry regions of the Mediterranean Basin in North Africa (in Cape Verde, Canary Islands, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt), Southern Europe (in the Balearic Islands, Portugal, Southeast Spain, Sicily, and Greece) and West Asia (in Saudi Arabia and the Sinai peninsula).[1]

Fagonia cretica is a plant of rocky coastlines. It is a creeping plant and has star-shaped, 5-narrow petal, violet to light violet flowers.

Properties

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The plant has a sweet, bitter, sharp and sour taste according to different stages of growth and parts. The flowers are purple. The plant has a large number of small fruits near the thorns.

References

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  1. ^ "Fagonia cretica L." Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
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