Peganum L.

Perennial glabrous shrubs with woody base. Leaves alternate or spirally arranged, somewhat succulent, irregularly deeply divided into linear segments; petiole flattened; segments continuous with petiole, ?stipellate. Pedicel erect in flower and fruit. Sepals 4 or 5, persistent and erect in fruit. Petals 4 or 5, ?quickly deciduous, just shorter than sepals, white. Stamens 12–15; filaments widened at base. Nectariferous disc annular, very narrow. Ovary 3-lobed,  3-celled; ovules numerous per cell. Fruit erect, 3-lobed loculicidal capsule. Seeds many per cell, angled, possibly mucilaginous when wet (see note below).