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Anticharis glandulosa

Anticharis glandulosa

On the Rajasthan Board's rare and threatened plants list
Anticharis glandulosa (Anticharis glandulosa)

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Scientific name
Anticharis glandulosa
Family
Scrophulariaceae, order Lamiales
Group
Plant

A rock-loving herb with violet flowers.

  • Spot it Sticky leaves and small violet flowers.
  • Home Rocky desert ground.
  • Food web Small bees visit the flowers.
  • Why it matters Colours desert rocks and feeds small pollinators.
Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanThe Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board lists it among the rare, endangered and threatened plants of Rajasthan, for Jaisalmer.[2]
  • RajasthanThe Board describes it as a herb of the Scrophulariaceae family.[2]
  • RajasthanThe Board's remark: found on rocks.[2]

Sources

  1. Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board. List of Rare, Endangered and Threatened Plants of Rajasthan (55 plants) (government). Official list, published as a PDF.
  2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  3. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

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