Asteraceae
Achicoria azul
Launaea intybacea
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Launaea
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Common names
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- English
- Achicoria azul
Synonyms
- Brachyramphus caribaeus DC.
- Brachyramphus goraeensis (Lam.) DC.
- Brachyramphus heyneanus Wight
- Brachyramphus intybaceus (Jacq.) DC.
- Brachyramphus remotiflorus (DC.) Kamelin
- Brachyramphus schimperi Sch.Bip. ex Schweinf.
- Brachyramphus sonchifolius Thwaites
- Brachyramphus sonchifolius DC.
- Brachyramphus taraxacoides DC.
- Chondrilla indica Steud.
- Cicerbita intybacea (Jacq.) Wallr.
- Lactuca caribaea (DC.) Sch.Bip.
- Lactuca goraeensis Sch.Bip.
- Lactuca goraeensis var. effusa Chiov.
- Lactuca goraeensis var. effusa A.Terracc.
- Lactuca goraeensis var. glomerata Terraciano
- Lactuca goraeensis var. glomerata A.Terracc.
- Lactuca goraeensis var. goraeensis
- Lactuca heyneana DC.
- Lactuca intybacea Jacq.
- Lactuca nudicaulis var. major Bolle
- Lactuca pinnatifida (Lour.) Merr.
- Lactuca remotiflora DC.
- Lactuca remotiflora DC. ex Wight
- Lactuca runcinata DC. ex Wight
- Lactuca runcinata DC.
- Lactuca schimperi Jaub. & Spach
- Lactuca taraxacoides (DC.) Sch.Bip.
- Launaea remotiflora (DC.) Amin ex Rech.f.
- Launaea stocksiana (Boiss.) Kuntze
- Phaenixopus intybaceus (Jacq.) Less.
- Prenanthes sonchifolia Willd.
- Scorzonera africana Poir.
- Scorzonera pinnatifida Lour.
- Sonchus calyculatus Roxb. ex DC.
- Sonchus goraeensis Lam.
- Sonchus spachii Schweinf.
- Zollikoferia stocksiana Boiss.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Navassa Island: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos

Photo: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gaiacoyote, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gaiacoyote, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.