- Family : ASTERACEAE
(Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Compositae
- Synonym(s) : Launaea fallax (Jaub.et Spach) Kuntze
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Launaea procumbens (Roxb.) Ramayya & Rajagopal
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Sandy areas
- Comments / notes : Rhizomatous herb
- Flower, Fruit : January-October
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Bengaluru district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Chitradurga district, Davanagare district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Mysuru district, Raichur district
- Gujarat : Somnath
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
- Native : Afghanistan, China, Egypt, Gulf States, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang, Yemen
- World Distribution : India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Egypt, Iran
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore district, Karnataka state
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Launaea procumbens. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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