Details of record no: 71896

Launaea cornuta (Hochst. ex Oliv. & Hiern) C. Jeffrey

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Record details:

Date: 21 Jun 2015
Recorder(s):J Guyton
Collector(s):J Guyton
JAG_15_335A
Determiner(s):BT Wursten
Confirmer(s):
Herbarium:
Habitat:
Location: Chitengo camp, Gorongosa National Park
Location code(s): 14
Outing code: 41
Planted code: Not planted
Country: Mozambique
Quarter Degree Square: 1834C4
Grid reference:
FZ Divisions (Flora Zambesiaca): MS
Current administrative provinces:
Altitude (metres): 0
Notes: Forb with a semi-woody base. Leaves are long and narrow (linear), dark green both above and below, with shallow serrations (occasionally toothed). Leaves have prominent light midrib. Flowers are yellow with c. 14 petals, somewhat resembling a dandelion. Fruits are like swollen, closed flowers. Flowers occur at the tip of long stems, high above leaves. Large taproot.
Latitude, Longitude: -18.977860, 34.351230
Location Accuracy Code: 7

Map of species record


Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Individual record no: 71896: Launaea cornuta.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species-record.php?record_id=71896, retrieved 29 March 2024

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