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Boraginaceae

Yellow monkswort

Nonea lutea (Desr.) DC.

Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Nonea

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Yellow monkswort: Not at all a pretty plant but a curio. I grew a batch from I think Chiltern's seed a few years back. This is a self-sown individual.
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (8)
Azerbaijani
Sarı noneya
Czech
Pipla žlutá
Dutch
Geel monnikskruid
English
Yellow monkswort
Georgian
Ყვითელი ნონეა
German
Gelbes Mönchskraut
Macedonian
Жолта калуѓерка
Swedish
Gulnonnea

Synonyms

  • Anchusa divaricata Murr.
  • Anchusa dubia Nocca
  • Anchusa lutea (Desr.) M.Bieb.
  • Anchusa lycopsidis Retz.f.
  • Anchusa orientalis Pall.
  • Asperugo divaricata Murr.
  • Lycopsis lutea Desr.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Annual
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.