Forsskaolea

;Leaves: The leaves have three ribs, are alternate, scalloped and with toothlike projections along the edges. ;Flowers: Budding flowers are flat-topped clusters and bisexual and from the base stem, enclosed in bell shaped, densely hairy, rings of 3-6 bracts. Flowers are minute and unisexual with the female surrounded by a ring of male flowers. Male flowers have 3-5 lobed calyx and the females have none. Solitary stamen, upright wooly ovaries with no style. ;Seeds: Achenes oval to elliptical, flattened, densely hairy and enveloped in wooly bracts. ==Distribution==

Forsskaolea have found homes in the southern parts of the Palearctic from the Canary Isles and southeast Spain then eastwards to Pakistan and western India. ==Species==

Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of December 2022: • Forsskaolea angustifolia Retz. • Forsskaolea candida L.f. • Forsskaolea griersonii A.G.Mill. & J.A.Nyberg • Forsskaolea hereroensis Schinz • Forsskaolea procridifolia Webb • Forsskaolea tenacissima L. • Forsskaolea viridis Ehrenb. ex Webb ==References==