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Nonea pulla

Nonea pulla

On the Rajasthan Board's rare and threatened plants list
Nonea pulla (Nonea pulla)

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Scientific name
Nonea pulla
Family
Boraginaceae, order Boraginales
Group
Plant

A dark-flowered herb of winter fields.

  • Spot it Bristly leaves and dark purple-brown flowers.
  • Home Wheat fields.
  • Food web Bees visit the flowers.
  • Why it matters Feeds winter bees and covers bare field soil.
Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanThe Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board lists it among the rare, endangered and threatened plants of Rajasthan, for north-west Rajasthan.[2]
  • RajasthanThe Board describes it as a herb of the Boraginaceae family.[2]
  • RajasthanThe Board's remark: found in wheat fields.[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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