Launaea nudicaulis, commonly known as the bold-leaf launaea, is a species of plant native to an area from Spain in the west through North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and western Asia to India in the east,[1] including the Negev and Judean desert.[2] In India it is known under a common name bhatal and is found in Hazara, Mansehra, Multan, Rawalpindi and Scinde districts of Punjab and Lahore.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Launaea |
| Species: | L. nudicaulis
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| Launaea nudicaulis | |
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References
edit- ^ a b c "Launaea nudicaulis". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ Bailey, Clinton; Danin, Avinoam (1981). "Bedouin Plant Utilization in Sinai and the Negev". Economic Botany. 35 (2). Springer on behalf of New York Botanical Garden Press: 154. doi:10.1007/BF02858682. JSTOR 4254272. S2CID 27839209.
- ^ "A note on Indian wheat-rusts". Records of the Botanical Survey of India. 1 (1). Calcutta, India: Botanical Survey of India. 1893.
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