• Family : ASTERACEAE
  (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : COMPOSITAE
• Basionym : Lactuca remotiflora DC.
• Synonym(s) : Launaea remotiflora (DC.) Stebbins; Lactuca runcinata DC.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Launaea intybacea (Jacq.) Beauverd
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Dry deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Occasional in wastelands and rocky crevices
• Flower, Fruit : September-March
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Anantapur district, Kurnool district, Chittoor district
  • Karnataka : Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Chikkamagaluru district, Raichur district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Tamil Nadu : Villipuram district, Dharmapuri district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Central America, Europe, S. Africa, SE. Asia, Pakistan, Arabia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis; N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India; Pullaiah, T & Ali Moulali, D., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 2.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Launaea intybacea. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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