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Lindenbergia Lehm. Lehm.

It has only one species in North Africa: L. indica Vatke [L. sinaica (Decne.) Benth.]. It is a subshrub that is only just over 0.5 m in height, pubescent-glandular, with opposite leaves from ovate to subtriangular and shortly petiolate and violet flowers with yellow lower lip arranged in lax spiciform racemes. Native to the Saharan-Arabian region, found in North Africa in desert areas of Egypt, extending from the Nile and the coastal areas of the Red Sea and in the Sinai Peninsula.

Rare species and with small distribution area. Currently, it has not been assessed at a global level in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Updated by: B. Valdés & J. Charco