Launea nudicaulis is a member of the Asteraceae family. In this article, we will learn about the position of leaves, flowers, and fruits of Launea nudicaulis.
Scientific Name: Launea nudicaulis
Some Basic Information about Launea nudicaulis
Habit– Perennial herb.
Root– Tap root.
Stem– Stem reduced, but becomes aerial at flowering time, branched, cylindrical, solid.
Leaf– Simple, radicle, margin often spinous, toothed sessile, exstipulate, unicostate, reticulate venation.
Inflorescence– Head, many heads arranged in a raceme.
Flower– Homogamous , sessile, zygomorphic, ligulate, hermaphrodite, bracteate, involucre campanulate, receptacle flat, epigynous, yellow-coloured.
Calyx– Pappus (many hairy outgrowths connate at the base), superior.
Corolla– Petals 5 , gamopetalous, ligulate, superior, valvate aestivation, yellow.
Androecium– Stamens 5, syngenesious, epipetalous, anther dithecous, basifixed and introrse.
Gynoecium– Bicarpellary, syncarpous, ovary inferior, unilocular with one ovule, basal placentation, style one and simple, stigma bifid.
Fruit– Cypsela.
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Floral formula-Br % ⚥ K5 Pappus C(5) A(5) G (2)
Systematic Position:
Division – Phanerogamia
Subdivision – Angiospermae
Class – Dicotyledonae
Subclass – Gamopetalae
Series – Inferae
Order – Asterales
Family – Asteraceae
Genus – Launea
Species – nudicaulis
