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Seetzenia lanata

Seetzenia lanata

On the Rajasthan Board's rare and threatened plants list
Seetzenia lanata (Seetzenia lanata)

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Scientific name
Seetzenia lanata
Family
Zygophyllaceae, order Zygophyllales
Group
Plant

A tough desert herb that lives on rocks.

  • Spot it Small woolly leaves close to the ground.
  • Home Stony desert ground.
  • Food web Tiny insects shelter beneath it.
  • Why it matters Covers and cools stony desert ground.
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 gives its local name as Dhakri.[2]
  • RajasthanThe Board describes it as a herb of the Zygophyllaceae family.[2]
  • RajasthanThe Board's remark: found on rocks; listed as seetzenia orientalis.[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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