Habitats in the Western Desert Electronic Herbarium From our Expeditions

Launaea nudicaulis

Family	Compositae
Synonyms	Chondrilla nudicaulis, Lomatolepis nudicaulis, Microrhynchus nudicaulis, Sonchus nudicaulis, Zollikoferia nudicaulis
Local name	Howthaan
Habitat in Egypt	sandy and alluvial soils, desert plains and wadis, edges of cultivation
Distribution	Cannary Islands, southern Spain, Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Sahara, Tunisia, Chad, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Arabia, Iran