Launaea mucronata (Forssk.) Muschl. subsp. mucronata

This subspecies is native to Canary Islands, extending eastwards to Iran and Arabian Peninsula. (Ref. POWO; 2023). There are 12 species of Launaea found in Oman. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).

علم تشكل النبات


Conspicuously greyish-glaucous annual herb ; up to 50 cm high , with white latex . Stems erect , divaricately branched distally . Leaves cauline , spathulate , irregularly deeply pinnately divided , with narrow , acute segments , acute apex and cochleate , pinnatifid , auriculate base , margin sinuate-dentate and undulate . Inflorescences on peduncles mostly 3–6 cm long . Flowers bright yellow . Fruit achenes , 3–7 mm long , the inner with papillose wrinkle lines and with a slightly ventricose tubular base , the marginal densely papillose . Seeds pappus , 6-9 mm long , persistent , of downy hairs and bristles . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .

وقت الإزهار


No Data

الوضع البيئي الحالي


Not Evaluated (NE)

الوفرة


Rare

التوزيع الجغرافي والبيئي


الوصف غير متاح حاليًا

Distribution Map

المرادفات


Atalanthus candolleanus Pomel
Cicerbita candolleana Beauverd
Lactuca candolleana Holmboe
Launaea resedifolia var. pulchella Pamp.
Launaea tenuiloba (Pomel) Muschl.
Rhabdotheca candolleana Pomel
Sonchus candolleanus Jaub. & Spach
Zollikoferia candolleana (Jaub. & Spach) Coss.
Zollikoferia tenuiloba (Pomel) Batt.

الإكثار


No data

العناية بالنبات


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الأسماء الشائعة


Not known

الأسماء المحلية


atheed

الاستخدامات


Not recorded yet.

المراجع


*Ghazanfar, S. (2015). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.3: Loganiaceae – Asteraceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 9789082352511 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://pza.sanbi.org *Pickering, H. Patzelt, A. (2008). Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. ISBN 9781842461778. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

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