Ammodaucus

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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| image = Ammodaucus leucotrichus MHNT.BOT.2011.18.1.jpg

| image_caption = Ammodaucus leucotrichus - MHNT

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| genus = Ammodaucus

| parent_authority = Coss. & Dur.

| species = leucotrichus

| authority = (Coss. & Dur.) Coss. & Dur.

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Ammodaucus leucotrichus is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae and the sole member of the genus Ammodaucus. It is endemic to northern Africa, including the Canary Islands.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CBbU4Q0WYXEC&q=endemic+to+northern+Africa,+including+the+Canary+Islands.+ammodaucus+leucotrichus&pg=PA27|title=A guide to medicinal plants in North Africa|date=2005|publisher=IUCN|isbn=9782831708935|pages=27–28|language=en}}

In Morocco, the plant is known as kammūn ṣūfī ("wooly cumin"), and is used medicinally in teas and compresses to treat a variety of ailments, including snake bites and respiratory ailments.{{Cite journal|last1=Mouhajir|first1=F.|last2=Hudson|first2=J. B.|last3=Rejdali|first3=M.|last4=Towers|first4=G. H. N.|date=2001-01-01|title=Multiple Antiviral Activities of Endemic Medicinal Plants Used by Berber Peoples of Morocco|journal=Pharmaceutical Biology|volume=39|issue=5|pages=364–374|doi=10.1076/phbi.39.5.364.5892|issn=1388-0209}}