Nonea obtusifolia, Blunt Nonea,
נוניאה קהה
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| | Scientific name: |
| Nonea obtusifolia (Willd.) DC. |
| Common name: |
| Blunt Nonea |
| Hebrew name: |
| נוניאה קהה |
| Family: |
| Boraginaceae, זיפניים |
Date Picture Taken: February 16, 2007
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| | Life form: |
| Annual |
| Leaves: |
| Alternate, entire |
| Flowers: |
| Light blue, dark blue |
| Flowering Period: |
| January, February, March, April |
| Habitat: |
| Shrub-steppes, Desert |
| Distribution: |
| Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts |
| Chorotype: |
| Mediterranean |
| Summer shedding: |
| Ephemeral |
Location: Givat-Hamoreh, Little Hermon - Nebi Dahi, גבעת המורה ,נבי דחי; Date Picture Taken: March 18, 2009
Derivation of the botanical name:
Nonea, Nonnea, for Johann Philipp. Nonne (1729–72), botanical writer, and Professor of Medicine from Erfurt, Germany.
obtusifolia, obtusus, blunt, dull, obtuse; folia, leaf; blunt leaved.
- The standard author abbreviation Willd. is used to indicate Carl Ludwig von Willdenow (1765 – 1812), a German botanist, pharmacist, and plant taxonomist.
- The standard author abbreviation Dc. is used to indicate Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778 – 1841), a Swiss botanist.
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