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Launaea nudicaulis

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Name

Identification
Launaea nudicaulis (L.) Hook. f. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Amal Amin, Macrorrhynchus nudicaulis DC. [family ASTERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Macrorrhynchus nudicaulis
  • Launaea nudicaulis
  • Sonchus divaricatus
  • Scorzonera ciliata
  • Sonchus chondrilloides
  • Microrhynchus divaricatus

Flora

Entry for Launaea nudicaulis (Linn.) Hook. f. [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Launaea nudicaulis (Linn.) Hook. f. [family COMPOSITAE], in Fl. Brit. Ind. 3: 416 (1881); Muschl. Man. Fl. Egypt 2: 1059.
Chondrilla nudicaulis Linn. [family COMPOSITAE], (1771)-De Miré & Gillet in JAgricTrop3: 708 (1956).
Information
A rosette herb with a branched. scapose inflorescence up to about 1 ft. high; ligules of florets yellow within, crimson outside.
Range
through N. Africa and Egypt to Arabia and India
Distribution
Niger: Aïr vide De Miré 8 Gillet l.c.
Distribution (external)
Cape Verde Islands
Mauritania
Tibesti
S. W. Africa

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