Xylocalyx asper

Xylocalyx asper is a species of plant in the family Orobanchaceae.^[2] It is a subshrub endemic to the islands of Socotra and Samhah in Yemen's Socotra Archipelago. It grows on coastal plains and dry foothills, and less commonly on limestone plateaus (Ras Geridihon), from sea level to 600 metres elevation. It grows at lower elevations than X. aculeolatus.^[1]

Xylocalyx asper
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Orobanchaceae
Genus:	Xylocalyx
Species:	X. asper
Binomial name
Xylocalyx asper Balf.f.