Nonea echioides, Nonea ventricosa, Monkswort,
נוניאה כרסנית
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| | Scientific name: |
| Nonea echioides (L.) Roemer et Schultes |
| Synonym name: |
| Nonea ventricosa (Sm.) Griseb. |
| Common name: |
| Monkswort |
| Hebrew name: |
| נוניאה כרסנית |
| Family: |
| Boraginaceae, זיפניים |
Date Picture Taken: March 3, 2007
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| | Life form: |
| Annual |
| Leaves: |
| Alternate, entire, smooth |
| Flowers: |
| White |
| Flowering Period: |
| March, April |
| Habitat: |
| Batha, Phrygana |
| Distribution: |
| Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes |
| Chorotype: |
| Med - Irano-Turanian |
| Summer shedding: |
| Ephemeral |
Date Picture Taken: March 3, 2007
Derivation of the botanical name:
Nonea, Nonnea, for Johann Philipp. Nonne (1729–72), botanical writer, and Professor of Medicine from Erfurt, Germany.
echioides, resembling the genus Echium, Greek echis, a viper, the nutlets appearing to represent a viper's head.
ventricosa, swollen on one side.
- The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
- The standard author abbreviation Roemer is used to indicate Johann Jakob Roemer (1763 – 1819), a Swiss physician, professor of botany and entomologist.
- The standard author abbreviation Schultes is used to indicate Josef August Schultes (1773 – 1831), an Austrian botanist and professor in Vienna.
- The standard author abbreviation Sm. is used to indicate James Edward Smith (1759 – 1828), an English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society.
- The standard author abbreviation Griseb. is used to indicate August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach (1814 – 1879), a German botanist and phytogeographer.
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