title: Zilla (plant)
text: # 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.
  
  ## Species
  
  Species include the following, and possibly others:
  
  * Zilla macroptera
  * Zilla spinosa
  
  Formerly placed here:
  
  * Physorhynchus chamaerapistrum, formerly Zilla chamaerapistrum and Zilla schouwioides
  
  ## Description
  
  Their flowers are light violet.
  
  