Launaea picridioides

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| image = Launaea picridioides.jpg

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| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Catarino, S. |author2=Duarte, M.C. |author3=Romeiras, M.M. |date=2017 |title=Launaea picridioides |volume=2017 |page=e.T107426822A107468237 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T107426822A107468237.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Launaea

| species = picridioides

| authority = (Webb) B.L.Rob.

| synonyms = * Lactuca picridioides (Webb) Henriq.

• Microrhynchus picridioides (Webb) Walp.
• Rhabdotheca picridioides Webb.

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Launaea picridioides is a species of flowering plants of the family Asteraceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde.Oromí, Martín, Zurita & Cabrera, 2005 : [http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/opencms8/export/sites/medioambiente/piac/galerias/descargas/Documentos/Publicaciones/Publicaciones-LPESCaboVerde.pdf Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: Hongos, Plantas y Animales Terrestres.] Gobierno de Canarias, Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación Territorial, p. 41 It is listed as a vulnerable species by the IUCN.