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Launaea

Launaea
Family: Asteraceae
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R. David Whetstone, Kristin R. Brodeur in Flora of North America (vol. 19, 20 and 21)
Annuals or biennials [perennials, shrubs, sometimes spiny], [5-]30-150 cm; usually taprooted [stoloniferous]. Stems erect [prostrate], distally branched, glabrous [± hairy. . Leaves basal or basal and proximally cauline; petiolate or sessile; blades ± oblanceolate, often pinnately lobed, ultimate margins usually dentate (teeth usually ± prickly; faces glabrous [± hairy]). Heads in spiciform or racemiform to paniculiform arrays [borne singly]. Peduncles not inflated distally, bracteolate. Calyculi 0 (or bractlets intergrading with phyllaries). Involucres cylindric [urceolate, campanulate, or obconic], 3-5[-16] mm diam. Phyllaries (persistent, reflexed in fruit) 18-25 in 3-5+ series, unequal, ovate to lanceolate (outer) or linear (inner), margins scarious, apices obtuse to acuminate (faces glabrous [± hairy]). Receptacles flat to convex, epaleate. Florets 25-30; corollas yellow to ochroleucous [cyanic]. Cypselae blackish to grayish, cylindric to fusiform or ± prismatic, sometimes ± compressed, beaks 0 (or lengths 0.05-0.1 times bodies), 4-5-ribbed (or -grooved), ribs usually muricate, faces glabrous; pappi persistent or tardily falling [readily falling], double [simple], of 60-100+, outer, white, often ± coiled or crisped (frizzy) hairs or bristles in 2-3 series plus 80-120+, white, coarser, barbellulate to smooth bristles in 2-3+ series, all distinct or some basally connate. x = 9.
Species within inventory project: Arizona Flora
Launaea acaulis
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Launaea amal-aminiae
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Launaea angolensis
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Launaea angustifolia
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Launaea arborescens
Media resource of Launaea arborescens
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Launaea aspleniifolia
Media resource of Launaea aspleniifolia
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Launaea benadirensis
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Launaea bornmuelleri
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Launaea brunneri
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Launaea cabrae
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Launaea calmadowensis
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Launaea capitata
Media resource of Launaea capitata
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Launaea cassiniana
Media resource of Launaea cassiniana
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Launaea cornuta
Media resource of Launaea cornuta
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Launaea crassifolia
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Launaea foxii
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Launaea fragilis
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Launaea gorgadensis
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Launaea hafunensis
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Launaea intybacea
Media resource of Launaea intybacea
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Launaea lackii
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Launaea lanifera
Media resource of Launaea lanifera
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Launaea massavensis
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Launaea mucronata
Media resource of Launaea mucronata
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Launaea nana
Media resource of Launaea nana
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Launaea nudicaulis
Media resource of Launaea nudicaulis
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Launaea petitiana
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Launaea picridioides
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Launaea procumbens
Media resource of Launaea procumbens
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Launaea pseudoabyssinica
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Launaea pumila
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Launaea quercifolia
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Launaea rarifolia
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Launaea resedifolia
Media resource of Launaea resedifolia
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Launaea rogersii
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Launaea rueppellii
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Launaea sarmentosa
Media resource of Launaea sarmentosa
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Launaea secunda
Media resource of Launaea secunda
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Launaea spinosa
Media resource of Launaea spinosa
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Launaea taraxacifolia
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Launaea thalassica
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Launaea verdickii
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Launaea viminea
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Launaea violacea
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