''Spirobassia hirsuta'' is a species of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

in the amaranth family,

Amaranthaceae Amaranthaceae ( ) is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the amaranth family, in reference to its type genus '' Amaranthus''. It includes the former goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae and contains about 165 genera and 2,040 species, maki ...

. It is the sole species in genus ''Spirobassia''. It is an annual plant native to temperate Eurasia, ranging from Spain to Germany and Italy, and from Greece to Ukraine, the Caucasus, western Siberia, Central Asia, Xinjiang, and Iran.

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q18176764, from2=Q2133169 Amaranthaceae Monotypic Amaranthaceae genera Flora of Spain Flora of France Flora of Germany Flora of Corsica Flora of Italy Flora of Greece Flora of Cyprus Flora of European Turkey Flora of Bulgaria Flora of Romania Flora of Ukraine Flora of the Crimean Peninsula Flora of South European Russia Flora of the Caucasus Flora of East European Russia Flora of West Siberia Flora of Altai (region) Flora of Xinjiang Flora of Central Asia Flora of Iran Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus