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Ammodaucus

Ammodaucus
Photo: Roger Culos, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Apiaceae (Carrot family)

About

Ammodaucus leucotrichus is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae and the sole member of the genus Ammodaucus. It is endemic to northern Africa, including the Canary Islands.

In Morocco, the plant is known as kammūn ṣūfī ("wooly cumin"), and is used medicinally in teas and compresses to treat a variety of ailments, including snake bites and respiratory ailments.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ammodaucus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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