Vella (plant)

Vella is a genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae, under which there are no fewer than six species.^[2] Species are many branched, and have hairy, sessile, entire leaves that are narrower in width at their bases, widening out to form ovals. Fruits are stiff follicles.^[3] Vella is endemic to that area of land encompassing Algeria, Morocco, and Spain.^[4]

Vella
Vella spinosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Vella L.[1]
Species
See text

Selected species

• Vella anremerica (Lit. & Maire) Gómez-Campo
• Vella bourgaeana (Coss.) Warwick & Al-Shehbaz
• Vella lucentina M.B.Crespo
• Vella mairei Humbert
• Vella pseudocytisus L. (type)
• Vella spinosa Boiss.

List source:^[2]