Farsetia aegyptia is a canescent, perennial shrub that reaches up to 30-60 cm high, with appressed forked hairs. Stems are erect, and much branched. Leaves are linear. Flowers are greyish or greenish-brown and are arranged in 5- to 10-flowered lax racemes. The fruit is a broadly-oblong silicula with winged seeds.
Libyan Desert Oases, Nubian Desert Oases, Mareotic Sector, Arabian Desert, Isthmic Desert (Location: Maghara), Nubian Desert, Libyan Desert, Galala Desert, Gebel Oweinat, North Red Sea Coast, South Red Sea Coast, Mountainous Southern Sinai.
North Africa, Sinai, East Mediterranean region, Arabia to Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Stony Wadis and Slopes.
Perennial
Height: 30-60 cm
