Hammada (plant)

Hammada is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.

Its native range is Central Asia and is found in Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Turkey and Uzbekistan.

[4] The weed-like plants have regular, minute, or small, cyclic flowers.

It has 5 stamens and the ovary is positioned superior and consists of 2 united carpels.

[2] It is not known what the genus name of Hammada is in reference to, but Hamada in Arabic is a desert landscape.