''Fagonia cretica'' is a species of plant in the caltrop family ( Zygophyllaceae). It is native to dry regions of the Mediterranean Basin in North Africa (in Cape Verde, Canary Islands, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt), Southern Europe (in the Balearic Islands, Portugal, Southeast Spain, Sicily, and Greece) and West Asia (in Saudi Arabia and the Sinai peninsula). ''Fagonia cretica'' is a plant of rocky coastlines. It is a creeping plant and has star-shaped, 5-narrow petal, violet to light violet flowers.

Properties

The plant has a sweet, bitter, sharp and sour taste according to different stages of growth and parts. The flowers are purple. The plant has a large number of small fruits near the thorns.

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''"University of the Balearic Islands"'' Species analysis-''Fagonia cretica''
— ''herbarivirtual.uib.es'' cretica Flora of the Balearic Islands Flora of Spain Flora of North Africa Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Flora of Malta {{rosid-stub