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Zygophyllum fabago L.

Synonym	:	Fabago alata Moench
Family	:	Zygophyllaceae
Local name	:	English- Syrian Beancaper
Flowering and fruiting period	:	Flowering time : Summer
Distribution	:	native to western north America
Habitat	:	freshwater habitat
Key botanical characters: The Syrian bean-caper grows long, thin stems with few oval-shaped, fleshy, waxy green leaflets each 2 to 3 centimeters in length. The flowers are small, compact bunches of five petals each with prominent stamens. The flowers have a taste and scent similar to caper. It grows in masses of individual plants, forming colonies, especially in dry, gravelly, saline, or disturbed areas where other plant life is rare. The plant has invasive potential due to its long taproot which, even if fragmented, can produce a new plant, as well as the hardy wax coating on its leaves that tends to protect it from herbicides.