- Family:
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus:
- Launaea Cass.
Launaea intybacea (Jacq.) Beauverd

[FZ]
Compositae, G. V. Pope. Flora Zambesiaca 6:1. 1992
- Morphology General Habit
- An erect glabrous annual herb.
- Morphology Stem
- Stems up to c. 1(2) m. tall, hollow, leafy throughout or leaves ± crowded below, divaricately branched above; branches up to c. 50(65) cm. long, ascending.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves up to c. 24 x 9.5 cm., decreasing in size towards the stem apex, broadly oblanceolate-elliptic in outline, runcinate or remotely pinnately-lobed, apices obtuse-acute to rounded, margins strongly acicular-denticulate, bases sessile to subauriculate, midrib prominent beneath.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
- Capitula numerous, subsessile to shortly-stalked, singly or in clusters of 2–8 spaced along the branches.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Involucre
- Involucres c. 10 x 2.5 mm. in flowering capitula, up to c. 12 x 4 mm. in fruiting capitula, conical-cylindric at first later spreading.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Phyllaries
- Phyllaries several-seriate, grading into the bracteoles of the capitulum stalk; the outer series imbricate increasing ± uniformly in length from c. 1.5–5 mm., then abruptly to 9–12 mm. long in the innermost, broadly ovate-acuminate on the outside and narrowly lanceolate-acute inside, all with a distinct hyaline margin, the midribs becoming swollen and corky towards the base.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Florets 20–26 per capitulum; corollas yellow, 11–13 mm. long, ligule c. 5 mm. long and lorate becoming purplish.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achenes grey-black when ripe, 3–4 mm. long, subcylindric-ellipsoid somewhat flattened, constricted above or drawn out into a short distinct apical beak, ± 4-angular with ribs on the angles and 2 secondary ribs between the angles, ribs sharply rugose-muricate; pappus heterogeneous, white, copious, c. 7 mm. long, composed of stiff barbellate setae intermixed with numerous filamentous hairs.
[FTEA]
Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or biennial herb, erect, 0.3–2 m high; root system shallow; stems hollow, often purplish near the base, branching in the distal part of the plant, glabrous.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves crowded near the base or both basal and cauline, sessile, oblanceolate to broadly elliptic, often pinnatilobed with retrorse lobes, 4–30 cm long, 1.5–14 cm wide, base subauriculate, lobes deltoid, to 3 cm long, margins acicular-dentate, apex obtuse to rounded, glabrous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
- Capitula many, subsessile in large, lax panicles with long side branches; stalks of individual capitula 2–5 mm; involucre 10–12 mm long, conical-cylindric to spreading; phyllaries green, tinged with brown, ovate (outer) to lanceolate (inner), 1.5–12 mm, the outer extending down the stalk, acute, margins broad and hyaline, glabrous or minutely ciliate at the very apex.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Florets 20–26 per capitulum; corolla yellow or pale lemon yellow, the ligule drying purplish?, tube 6–8 mm long, distally pilose, ligule 4.5–5 mm long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achenes grey-black, subcylindric but slightly flattened, 3–4 mm long, with 4 main ribs and 8 thinner ones, all muricate, the apex narrowed into a beak up to 1 mm long; pappus white, 6–8 mm long, of mixed setae and downy hairs.
- Habitat
- Inland in dry riverbeds or on sparsely vegetated rocky slopes, on the coast in sand pockets on coral rock, on old masonry, and a weed in gardens and cultivation; 1–1800 m
- Distribution
- West Africa from Cape Verde Is. to Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Comoros, Madagascar, SeychellesArabia, S Asia, and the New World tropics K1 K6 K7 T2 T4 T6 T7 T8 Z
[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Caribbean. Elevation range: 100–120 m a.s.l. Naturalised in Colombia. Colombian departments: Atlántico, Bolívar, La Guajira.
- Habit
- Herb.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: savanna, shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.
- Vernacular
- Cerraja
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Polymorphic annual herb, 15–150 cm high
- Morphology Stem
- Stems erect, either leafy in the lower half or leafless and leaves then in basal rosette
- Morphology Leaves
- Basal leaves up to 1.5–37 x 0.5–14 cm, obovate to spathulate, obtuse to acute, sinuate-dentate to runcinate, margin denticulate with white stiff teeth; stem leaves smaller, lanceolate, pinnatifid, sagittately auriculate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Synflorescences with many capitula, of few to many spreading-erect flowering axes Capitula often clustered at the nodes, with 12–35 florets; involucre slender, 9–13 mm long, inner phyllaries 8
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Florets pale yellow, ligule 5.5–6 mm long, linear; anthers (appendages excluded) 1.1–1.3 mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achenes 3.2–4.5 mm long, the inner ones with 4 main ribs, greyish, weakly wrinkled, cuspidate to shortly rostrate, the marginal ones with a beak 1/8–1/4 of the achene length and 5 main ribs, sharply wrinkled, black (occasionally all pale); pappus 7–8 mm long, persistent, of outer downy hairs and inner bristles.
- Distribution
- S2, 3 probably originating from the SW Arabian Peninsula and Eritrea, now scattered along the southern edge of the Sahara to W Africa, introduced to E, SE, SW Africa and Madagascar, E Arabia, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and also to the Caribbean.
- Ecology
- Altitude range 0–100 m.
- Vernacular
- Burdab, burdet kuwene, kablaror, kable, warama caanoole, wanshaqaar (Somali).
[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- cerraja
[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 100 - 120 m.; Llanura del Caribe.
- Morphology General Habit
- Hierba
- Conservation
- No Evaluada
Native to:
Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, West Himalaya, Yemen
Introduced into:
Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Marianas, Mexico Southeast, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, Seychelles, Suriname, Texas, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles
- 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.
- Lactuca runcinata DC.
- Lactuca schimperi Jaub. & Spach
- Lactuca virgata Tausch
- Launaea goraeensis Hoffm.
- Launaea kuriensis Vierh.
- Launaea remotiflora (DC.) Amin ex Rech.f.
- Microrhynchus octophyllus Hochst. ex Oliv.
- Microrhynchus surinamensis Miq.
- Phaenixopus intybaceus (Jacq.) Less.
- Prenanthes sonchifolia Willd.
- Scorzonera africana Poir.
- Scorzonera pinnatifida Lour.
- Sonchus ciliatus Perr. ex DC.
- Sonchus goraeensis Lam.
- Sonchus paniculatus Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
- Sonchus spachii Schweinf.
- Sonchus taraxacifolius Spreng.
- Trachodes paniculata D.Don
Launaea intybacea (Jacq.) Beauverd appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 2016 | Hooker, J.D. [202], Cape Verde | K001134005 | Yes | ||
Dec 1, 1990 | Lowe, R.T. [s.n.], Cape Verde | K001134010 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1989 | Schimper [1448], Ethiopia | K000251730 | isosyntype | Yes | |
Kotschy [406] | K000251731 | isotype | Yes | ||
Moseley [s.n.], Cape Verde | K001134006 | Yes | |||
Cardoso, J. [252], Cape Verde | K001134011 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3144], Bangladesh | Cacalia sonchifolia | K001118636 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3144] | Cacalia sonchifolia | K001118637 | Yes | ||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3144], Myanmar | Cacalia sonchifolia | K001118638 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3144] | Cacalia sonchifolia | K001118639 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3144] | Cacalia sonchifolia | K001118634 | Yes | ||
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 3144], Myanmar | Cacalia sonchifolia | K001118633 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3144] | Cacalia sonchifolia | K001118632 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3144] | Cacalia sonchifolia | K001118635 | Yes |
First published in Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2: 2: 114 (1910)
Accepted by
- Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
- Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
- Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
- Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
- Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by N. Kilian [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 229 (1994).
- Beauverd in Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève ser. 2, 2: 114 (1910).
- C. Jeffrey in Kew Bulletin 18: 472 (1966).
- G.V. Pope in Flora Zambesiaca 6: 220, t. 40f (1992).
- N. Kilian in Englera 17: 248 (1997).
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