Launea procumbens (Roxb.) Ramayya & Rajagopal

 
  • 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 15 October 2024.

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