Pan India Bouquets

Launaea nudicaulis (L.) Hook.f.

Family : Asteraceae
(Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Asteraceae
Basionym : Chondrilla nudicaulis L.
Synonym(s) : Lactuca nudicaulis (L.) Murray
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Launaea nudicaulis (L.) Hook.f.
Common name : Bold-Leaf Launaeae
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Common all over the area in watse localities
Comments / notes : The Plant is used medicinally in the Punjab
Key identification features : Herb with radical leaves and a root stock. Scape longer bearing heads; flowers of yellow coloured rays
Flower, Fruit : September-March
Distribution :
- Delhi : Vasant Kunj
Native : Canary Islands to Arabian Peninsula, Medit. to NW. India.
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Afghanistan, Benin, Canary Is., Chad, Egypt, Gulf States, India, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Sudan, Yemen
Literature : Maheshwari K.J (1963). Flora of Delhi: 189; Duthie J.F.(1960). Flora of The Upper Gangetic Plain Vol.1: 450
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Launaea nudicaulis. Downloaded on 1 June 2023.