Launaea

Annual, biennial or perennial herbs, sometimes acaulescent. Leaves (in ours) in basal rosettes, usually appearing after the flowers. Receptacle without scales. Phyllaries 2-several-seriate, becoming swollen and corky towards base; innermost ± equal, usually greatly exceeding the outer. Florets yellow, the ligule often purplish or red outside. Achenes (in ours) truncate at apex, without a beak and also without ascending hairs or ascending rough projections on the ribs or margins above. Pappus many-seriate.

Launaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

Species Launaea acanthodes Launaea acaulis Launaea almahrahensis Launaea amal-aminiae Launaea angolensis Launaea angustifolia Launaea arborescens Launaea aspleniifolia Launaea benadirensis Launaea bornmuelleri Launaea brunneri Launaea cabrae Launaea capitata Launaea cassiniana Launaea castanosperma Launaea cervicornis Launaea cornuta Launaea crassifolia Launaea crepoides Launaea fragilis Launaea gorgadensis Launaea hafunensis Launaea intybacea Launaea korovinii Launaea lackii Launaea lampsanoides Launaea lanifera Launaea massauensis Launaea massavensis Launaea microcephala Launaea mucronata Launaea nana Launaea nudicaulis Launaea oligocephala Launaea omanensis Launaea petitiana Launaea picridioides Launaea platyphylla Launaea polyclada Launaea polydichotoma Launaea procumbens Launaea pseudoabyssinica Launaea pumila Launaea quercifolia Launaea quettaënsis Launaea rarifolia Launaea rhynchocarpa Launaea rogersii Launaea rueppellii Launaea sarmentosa Launaea secunda Launaea socotrana Launaea spinosa Launaea stenocephala Launaea taraxacifolia Launaea thalassica Launaea verdickii Launaea viminea Launaea violacea