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Achicoria azul

Launaea intybacea (Jacq.) Beauverd

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Launaea

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Achicoria azul: Launaea intybacea
Photo: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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

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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.