Ammodaucus

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.^[1]

Ammodaucus
Ammodaucus leucotrichus - MHNT
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Subfamily:	Apioideae
Tribe:	Scandiceae
Subtribe:	Daucinae
Genus:	Ammodaucus Coss. & Dur.
Species:	A. leucotrichus
Binomial name
Ammodaucus leucotrichus (Coss. & Dur.) Coss. & Dur.

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.^[2]