Description: Stems up to 1m. Erect or procumbent shrub. Usually stout and not rooting, glaucous; cymes clearly not reaching the upper edge of the fertile segment; testa covered with short conical hairs. Seeds greenish-brown or greyish; testa thin, membranous, covered with curved or hooked hairs. Endosperm almost absent.

Poison: None Known

Uses: The leaves are edible. Also a sourse of potash, and used in soap making

Distribution: Albania,  Algeria,  Corsica,  Crete,  Croatia,  Egypt,  France,  Gibraltar,  Greece,  Israel and The Palestinian Territories,