¿ nan-or-RYE-num ? -- nanos (dwarf); rhinum (snout); referring to the flower's shape ... Dave's Botanary
in-KAN-num -- hairy, hoary; grey or silver colored ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: hairy cancerwort, hairy toadflax
botanical names: Nanorrhinum incanum (Wall.) Betsche ... homotypic synonyms: Kickxia incana (Wall.) Pennell • Linaria incana Wall. ... POWO
Bibliography / etymology
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hairy cancerwort, hairy toadflax
- name coined, for want of name, by Flowers of India
- hairy - the epithet incanum = hairy or hoary; cancerwort - several species of Kickxia (synonym of Nanorrhinum) genus are commonly known as cancerworts - Wikipedia; ... toadflax is the common name of several related genera of plants in the family Plantaginaceae - Wikipedia
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in States and Union Territories of India ~~~~~
*Gujarat, *Himachal Pradesh, *Jammu & Kashmir, *Jharkhand, *Karnataka, *Madhya Pradesh, *Maharashtra, *Rajasthan
- Hassler, Michael (2004 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 16.1; last update June 16th, 2023. Last accessed 07/07/2023.
- Flora of Gujarat State by G. L. Shah (1978)
- Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
- The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
- distribution recorded in 8 states, yet this species is poorly documented; poorly observed; and not a single known local name !
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