Nonea philistaea, Philistine Monkswort,
Hebrew: נוניאה פלשתית

Scientific name:		Nonea philistaea Boiss.
Common name:		Philistine Monkswort
Hebrew name:		נוניאה פלשתית
Plant Family:		Boraginaceae, זיפניים

Location: Road 3415, Gad Hill

Life form:		Annual
Stems:		Hispid herbs
Leaves:		Alternate, entire, smooth
Inflorescence:		Flowers in bracteate, terminal cymes
Flowers:		Terminal racemes of cream, white flowers; corolla funnel-shaped
Fruits / Pods:		Nuts 4, 1-celled, turbinate, concave, perforated at base, fixed to the bottom of the calyx
Flowering Period:		March, April
Habitat:		Batha, Phrygana
Distribution:		Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts
Chorotype:		Mediterranean
Summer shedding:		Ephemeral

Location: Road 3415, Gad Hill Derivation of the botanical name: Nonea, for Johann Philipp. None (1729–72), botanical writer, and Professor of Medicine from Erfurt, Germany philistaea, Pheleseth / Pleshet - Philistine, Hebrew: פְּלֶשֶׁת The Hebrew name: נוניאה, nonea, transliteration from the scientific name. The standard author abbreviation Boiss. is used to indicate Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810 – 1885), a Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician. Location: Road 3415, Gad Hill Location: Road 3415, Gad Hill