- Family:
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus:
- Launaea Cass.
Launaea nudicaulis (L.) Hook.f.

[FWTA]
Compositae, C. D. Adams. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963
- Morphology General Habit
- A rosette herb
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- A branched, scapose inflorescence up to about 1 ft. high
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Ligules of florets yellow within, crimson outside.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Benin, Canary Is., Chad, Egypt, Gulf States, India, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Sudan, Tunisia, Yemen
Launaea nudicaulis (L.) Hook.f. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Fl. Brit. India 3: 416 (1881)
Accepted by
- Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
- Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
- Ghazanfar, S.A., Edmondson, J.R. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Muschl., Man. Fl. Egypt 2: 1059.
- in Fl. Brit. Ind. 3: 416 (1881)
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
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Flora of West Tropical Africa
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