| Accepted name: |
Lactuca serriola L. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Lactuca virosa L.
-Lactuca scariola L.
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| English names: |
Wild Lettuce
Prickly Lettuce
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| French names: |
Laitue scarole
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
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| OPL Code: |
HLACSE
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
BA |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
The young as yet unbranched stems are eaten as an asparagus - like salad; the achenes yield an oil edible after refining (1). |
| Key Characters: |
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