Asteraceae
Launaea

Launaea brunneri (Webb) Amin ex Boulos

First published in Bot. Not. 115: 59 (1962)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Sudan. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Compositae, C. D. Adams. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963

Morphology General Habit
A pale-stemmed diffusely branched annual or perennial herb up to about 2 ft. high, woody at the base
Morphology Leaves
A rosette or dentate leaves
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Florets with pale yellow ligules often reddish outside.
[FWTA]

Compositae, C. D. Adams. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963

Morphology General Habit
A bushy spreading stiff-branched herb of littoral sands about 8-12 in. high at most
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Ligules white, pale yellow at the base and tinged pink outside.
[FWTA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0