Category: Launaea

Launaea nudicaulis (L.) Hook. fil., Fl. Brit. India 3: 416 (1881) (syn: Ammoseris nudicaulis (L.) D.Dietr.; Atalanthus nudicaulis (L.) Pomel; Chondrilla nudicaulis L.; Lactuca nudicaulis (L.) Murray; Lomatolepis nudicaulis (L.) Cass.; Microrhynchus nudicaulis (L.) Less.; Rhabdotheca chondrilloides Webb; Rhabdotheca nudicaulis (L.) Pomel; Sonchus nudicaulis (L.) Sch.Bip.; Sonchus reflexus Lag.; Zollikoferia nudicaulis (L.) Boiss.); . Canary Islands to Arabian Peninsula, Medit. to NW. India: Afghanistan, Benin, Canary Is., […]

Launaea intybacea (Jacq.) Beauv., Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2: 2: 114 (1910) (syn: Ammoseris surinamensis D.Dietr.; Brachyramphus caribaeus DC.; Brachyramphus goraeensis DC.; Brachyramphus intybaceus (Jacq.) DC.; Brachyramphus remotiflorus (DC.) Kamelin; Brachyramphus schimperi Sch.Bip. ex Schweinf.; Brachyramphus sonchifolius DC.; Cacalia sonchifolia Wall.; Cicerbita intybacea (Jacq.) Wallr.; Lactuca arabica Jaub. & Spach; Lactuca goraeensis Sch.Bip.; Lactuca heyneana DC.; Lactuca intybacea Jacq.; Lactuca nubica Sch.Bip.; Lactuca octophylla Sch.Bip.; Lactuca pinnatifida (Lour.) Merr.; Lactuca remotiflora DC.; […]

Launaea capitata (Spreng.) Dandy, 3: 40 (1956) (syn: Chondrilla capitata Sieber ex DC.; Launaea glomerata Hook.f.; Lomatolepis glomerata Cass.; Microrhynchus glomeratus Jaub. & Spach; Sonchus capitatus Spreng.; Zollikoferia glomerata Boiss.); . Canary Islands (Fuerteventura, Lanzarote) to NW. India: Afghanistan, Algeria, Canary Is., Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Gulf States, India, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Sudan, Tunisia, […]

Launaea secunda (C.B.Clarke) Hook.f., 416 1881. (syn: Chondrilla secunda Royle; Chondrilla secunda Royle ex C.B.Clarke; Microrhynchus secundus C.B.Clarke; Zollikoferia secunda (C.B.Clarke) Boiss.); . Afghanistan (Jawzjan / Sar-e-Pol, Kunar / Nuristan, Nangarhar, Paktia / Khost), Pakistan (Kurram, Swat, Hazara, Pakistani Punjab), Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh), Nepal as per Catalogue of […]

Launaea intybacea (Jacq.) Beauverd, “Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, ser. 2, 2: 114. 1910.” 114 1910. (syn: Brachyramphus caribaeus DC.; Brachyramphus goraeensis (Lam.) DC.; Brachyramphus heyneanus Wight; Brachyramphus intybaceus (Jacq.) DC.; Brachyramphus remotiflorus (DC.) Kamelin; Brachyramphus sonchifolius Thwaites; Brachyramphus sonchifolius DC.; Brachyramphus taraxacoides DC.; Chondrilla indica Steud.; Chondrilla racemosa (Michx.) Poir.; Chondrilla sonchifolia Poir.; Cicerbita intybacea […]

Launaea acaulis (Roxb.) Kerr, “in Craib, Fl. Siam. Enum. ii. 299 (1936).” 1936. (Syn: Crepis acaulis (Roxb.) Hook.f.; Crepis tonkinensis Gagnep.; Launaea glabra (Wight) Franch.; Microrhynchus glaber Wight; Prenanthes acaulis Roxb.; Youngia acaulis (Roxb.) DC.); . Scapigerous perennial herbs with thick rootstock; juice milky. Leaves all basal, 8-15 x 1-3 cm, oblong, acute or obtuse, […]

Launaea asplenifolia Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 415. iii. 415.  (Syn: Ammoseris asplenifolia D.Dietr.; Chondrilla asplenifolia Poir.);   Images by Gurcharan Singh & Surajit Koley (For more photos & complete details, click on the links)   Plant Wealth of the Lower Ganga Delta: An Eco-taxonomical Approach, Volume 2 By Kumudranjan Naskar (Description & Keys- asplenifolia & sarmentosa)  […]

   Wild Flower for ID : 080811 : AK-3: A small wild herb with yellow flowers.Taken at Nasik, Maharashtra on 28/2/11.Quite common. Looks like Country Dandelion (Marathi- Van-gobi) Launaea sp, I hope Launaea procumbens may be Wild Plant for ID : Nasik : 251012 : AK-3: A small plant growing wild in our Nasik garden […]

Launaea sarmentosa (Willd.) Sch.Bip. ex Kuntze, 350 1891. (Syn: Ammoseris bellidifolia (Cass.) D.Dietr.; Ammoseris sarmentosus (Willd.) D.Dietr.; Lactuca sarmentosa (Willd.) DC.; Launaea bellidifolia Cass.; Launaea sarmentosa var. javanica Back.; Microrhynchus bellidifolius (Cass.) DC.; Microrhynchus dregeanus DC.; Microrhynchus sarmentosus (Willd.) DC.); . South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.), Mozambique, Australia (costal NW-Western Australia), Java, Sri Lanka, Seychelles […]

need help with yellow-flower id in Neemrana (Launea): 3 high resolution images. Neemrana 4/4/2021 Suggested ID: Launea procumbens. However leaves need to be checked. Please post the foliage and habit pictures. Please see if this image might be helpful Pl. post image of the complete plant to get the idea about it. We have to […]

Launaea procumbens (Roxb.) Ramayya & Rajagopal, 465 1969. (Syn: Ammoseris patens (DC.) D.Dietr.; Brachyramphus obtusus DC.; Lactuca flava Forssk.; Lactuca obtusa (DC.) Sch.Bip.; Launaea fallax (Jaub. & Spach) Kuntze; Launaea obtusa (DC.) Mundhe & M.R.Almeida; Microrhynchus arabicus Jaub. & Spach; Microrhynchus fallax Jaub. & Spach; Microrhynchus patens DC.; Paramicrorhynchus procumbens (Roxb.) Kirp.; Prenanthes obtusa Buch.-Ham. […]