Pan India Bouquets

Arnebia hispidissima DC.

Family : BORAGINACEAE
(Forget-Me-Not Or Borage Family)
Family (Hindi name) : LASORA FAMILY (लसोड़ा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : BORAGINACEAE
Synonym(s) : Anchusa asperrima Delile; Dioclea hispidissima Spreng.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Arnebia hispidissima (Lehm.) A.DC.
Common name : Arabian Primrose
Vernacular name : Ram bui (Rajasthani)
Habit : Annual herb
Habitat : Desert in dry sandy soil
Comments / notes : Blood-red root
Flower, Fruit : March
Distribution :
- Gujarat : Banaskantha district, Kachchh district
Native : Cameroon, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Iran, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Tibet, West Himalaya, Yemen
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : North Nigeria to Tibet
Literature : Shah G. L. (1978). Flora of Gujarat State Part 1. University Press Sardar Patel University: 449
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Arnebia hispidissima. Downloaded on 10 December 2023.