{"id":11059,"date":"2020-11-10T09:01:13","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T09:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/genus\/launaea-cass-2\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T09:04:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T09:04:50","slug":"launaea-cass-2","status":"publish","type":"genus","link":"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/en\/genuses\/launaea-cass-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Launaea Cass."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Genus composed of about 60 species from the Old World, of which 16 are found in North Africa, distributed throughout the area. They are mostly annual or perennial herbaceous plants. Only <strong>L. arborescens<\/strong> can be considered shrubby with a height exceeding 1 m. <span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">There are two other woody species (at least at the base), thorny and intricately branched, typical of arid or desert areas of the region.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">They are subshrubs that usually do not exceed 50 cm in height.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Launaea lanifera<\/strong> Pau (<em>L. acanthoclada<\/em> Maire) is a subshrub up to 45(50) cm in height, which is very similar to <em>L. arborescens<\/em>, but has a basal rosette of well developed leaves, with bracteiform cauline leaves, both with lanuginous axils. Endemic to the Iberian-Maghrebi area, it is found in sunny thickets in arid areas through almost all Morocco and in the N of Algeria and Tunisia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Launaea spinosa<\/strong> (Forssk.) Kuntze [<em>Ara<\/em>. (Egypt): Kabath] is a subshrub 30-50 cm in height, with scarce, linear cauline leaves, with some triangular lobes, glaucous and glabrous; capitula small and sessile, with 6-10 yellow ligulate flowers. Found on desert stony areas of the Near East; in North Africa it is found in the E of Egypt, including the Sinai Peninsula.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-11059","genus","type-genus","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Launaea Cass. - North Africa Trees<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Launaea Cass. - North Africa Trees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Genus composed of about 60 species from the Old World, of which 16 are found in North Africa, distributed throughout the area. They are mostly annual or perennial herbaceous plants. Only L. arborescens can be considered shrubby with a height exceeding 1 m. There are two other woody species (at least at the base), thorny...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/en\/genuses\/launaea-cass-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"North Africa Trees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-31T09:04:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.northafricatrees.org\\\/en\\\/genuses\\\/launaea-cass-2\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.northafricatrees.org\\\/en\\\/genuses\\\/launaea-cass-2\\\/\",\"name\":\"Launaea Cass. - North Africa Trees\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.northafricatrees.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-10T09:01:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-31T09:04:50+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.northafricatrees.org\\\/en\\\/genuses\\\/launaea-cass-2\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.northafricatrees.org\\\/en\\\/genuses\\\/launaea-cass-2\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.northafricatrees.org\\\/en\\\/genuses\\\/launaea-cass-2\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Portada\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.northafricatrees.org\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Launaea Cass.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.northafricatrees.org\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.northafricatrees.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"North Africa Trees\",\"description\":\"\u00c1rboles y arbustos aut\u00f3ctonos del Norte de \u00c1frica\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.northafricatrees.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.northafricatrees.org\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.northafricatrees.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"North \u00e1frica trees\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.northafricatrees.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.northafricatrees.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.northafricatrees.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/logo-north-africa-trees.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.northafricatrees.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/logo-north-africa-trees.png\",\"width\":80,\"height\":70,\"caption\":\"North \u00e1frica trees\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.northafricatrees.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Launaea Cass. - North Africa Trees","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Launaea Cass. - North Africa Trees","og_description":"Genus composed of about 60 species from the Old World, of which 16 are found in North Africa, distributed throughout the area. They are mostly annual or perennial herbaceous plants. Only L. arborescens can be considered shrubby with a height exceeding 1 m. There are two other woody species (at least at the base), thorny...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/en\/genuses\/launaea-cass-2\/","og_site_name":"North Africa Trees","article_modified_time":"2023-08-31T09:04:50+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/en\/genuses\/launaea-cass-2\/","url":"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/en\/genuses\/launaea-cass-2\/","name":"Launaea Cass. - North Africa Trees","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-11-10T09:01:13+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-31T09:04:50+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/en\/genuses\/launaea-cass-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/en\/genuses\/launaea-cass-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/en\/genuses\/launaea-cass-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Portada","item":"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Launaea Cass."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/en\/","name":"North Africa Trees","description":"\u00c1rboles y arbustos aut\u00f3ctonos del Norte de \u00c1frica","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/en\/#organization","name":"North \u00e1frica trees","url":"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/logo-north-africa-trees.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/logo-north-africa-trees.png","width":80,"height":70,"caption":"North \u00e1frica trees"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/genus\/11059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/genus"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/genus"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}