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Launaea nudicaulis (L.) Hook.f.

Synonyms

Ammoseris nudicaulis, Atalanthus divaricatus, Atalanthus nudicaulis, Chondrilla nudicaulis, Lactuca nudicaulis, Launaea divaricata, Lomatolepis nudicaulis, Microrhynchus nudicaulis, Prenanthes runcinata, Rhabdotheca divaricata, Rhabdotheca nudicaulis, Scorzonera ciliata, Sonchus divaricatus, Sonchus nudicaulis, Sonchus reflexus, Zollikoferia nudicaulis

Common names

Huwa ghanam, huwa ghazal

Dandelion like flower of Launaea nudicaulis (native name huwa ghazal) on a lawn near Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 9, 2013
Mesaimeer Rd, Doha, Qatar

Dandelion like flower of a desert plant huwa ghazal (Launaea nudicaulis) near Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 9, 2013

Yellow flowers of Launaea nudicaulis (local names huwa ghazal, huwa ghanam) or may be L. procumbens near Al Luqta Street, opposite to Education City. Doha, Qatar, April 11, 2014
Al Luqta Street, Doha, Qatar

Flower of Launaea nudicaulis(?) on roadside of Al Sham Street in area of West Bay. Doha, Qatar, April 17, 2014
Al Sham Street, Doha, Qatar

Launaea nudicaulis (local names huwa ghazal, huwa ghanam)(?) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. South-western Qatar, November 15, 2014
Salwa Road, Qatar

Launaea nudicaulis on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. South-western Qatar, November 15, 2014
Salwa Road, Qatar

Firecracker plant (Russelia equisetiformis) with yellow flowers of Launaea nudicaulis in a park at Al Intisar Street near a corner with Onaiza. Doha, Qatar, December 3, 2015
Al Markhiya St, Doha, Qatar

Dry plant of Launaea nudicaulis(?) or may be L. procumbens with seeds near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, May 27, 2016
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Links

• Flora of Qatar.
• Unknown plants or plants without names.
• Duplicate and extra pictures of plants.
• Earlier version of collection of plants.
• Other collections of pictures from Qatar: Lizards of Qatar, Cats of Qatar, Camels of Qatar, and Fish of Qatar.
• Picture archives.
• Home page of A. Sergeev.

Outside links

• Launaea nudicaulis from www.catalogueoflife.org
• Ekhlas M. M. Abdel Bary, The Flora of Qatar, Volume I: The Dicotyledons. Doha 2012
• Flora of Qatar, Volume II: The Monocotyledons
• Illustrated Checklist of the Flora of Qatar. John Norton et al. 2009
• Qatar eNature. Flora
• Ali Al-Rawi, Flowering plants of Kuwait, 1985
• Plants of Kuwait
• Flora of Saudi Arabia, Al-Qassim Region
• Flora of Eastern Saudi Arabia by Rain and Dust at Flickr
• Plants of South-Western Morocco
• Pictures from Qatar (Flickr/cpmkutty)
• Arabian plants by Gary Brown
• Flora of Israel

How the web page was created

• A list of plants with their common names was written using online sources and books.
• Web pages were written by a program consisting of several scripts.
• Full names, synonyms, and classification of plants were found online from catalogueoflife.org and theplantlist.org using a script.
• Pictures of plants were selected from a database using a script.
• This web page was written using a script.

Acknowledgements

QNHG (Qatar Natural History Group) and associated people, for a possibility to participate in their field excursions and to learn about local nature.