It differs from Capparis spinosa mainly because of its upright habit, reaching up to two meters in height.

In spring it resprouts from the branches, not from the stock as does C. spinosa, so it ends up developing a trunk that can become quite thick.

It is distributed occasionally in some areas of Spain, Morocco, Algeria, the Middle East, Turkey and the island of Crete.

From the legal point of view, in Spain the species does not have any type of protection, although some of its populations are included within the regional park of Calblanque, Monte de las Cenizas and Peña del Águila, or are in the surroundings of protected mining buildings, such as the entire mining area, with the category of Bien de Interés Cultural (BIC).

Capparis zoharyi was described by Inocencio, D. Rivera, Obón & Alcaraz and published in Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 93: 145.