Zygophyllaceae

Zygophyllum creticum (L.) Christenh. & Byng

Family: Zygophyllaceae
Genus: Zygophyllum

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Zygophyllum creticum: Fagonia cretica from Cabo de Palos (Cartagena, Spain). — Photo: Retama, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (8)

Arabic: شكاعة كريتية, حليوة, شويكة, شيكة, ضريمة
arz: شكاعه كريتيه
Chinese: 蔓刺玫
Finnish: Neulafagonia
Malayalam: ധന്വയാസം
Marathi: धमासा
Persian: فاگونیا کرتیکا
Spanish: Abrojo de Creta, Manto de la Verge Maria, Manto de la Verge María, Risa de la Virgen, Rosa de Navidad, Rosal de la Virgen

Synonyms

Fagonia cretica L.
Fagonia deflexa Moench
Fagonia desertorum Andr.
Fagonia elongata Salisb.
Fagonia erecta Mill.
Fagonia forskalii Pfund
Fagonia hispanica L.
Fagonia virens Coss. ex T.Anderson
Fagonia viscosa Hochst. ex Boiss.

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.