Lactuca orientalis

Lactuca orientalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Genus: Lactuca
Section: Phaenixopus
Species: L. orientalis
Binomial name
Lactuca orientalis
(Boiss.) Boiss. 1875
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Phaenopus orientalis Boiss. 1841
  • Scariola orientalis(Boiss.) Soják 1962
  • Lactuca viminea var. erostris Regel

Lactuca orientalis (split-leaf lettuce) is an Eurasian species of plant in the dandelion tribe within sunflower family family. It is widespread across the Middle East and southern Asia as far east as Tibet.[2]

Lactuca orientalis is a branching subshrub up to 60 cm tall. Leaves are both on the stem and also clustered in a circle around the base. The plant produces one flower head per branch, each head with 4-5 yellow ray flowers but no disc flowers.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos, Lactuca orientalis (Boiss.) Boiss.
  2. 1 2 Roohi Bano & M. Qaiser. 2010. A taxonomic revision of the genus Lactuca L. (Cichorieae - Asteraceae) from Pakistan and Kashmir. Pakistan Journal of Botany 43(5): 2259-2268
  3. ↑ Flora of China, Lactuca orientalis (Boissier) Boissier, 1875. 雀苣 que ju


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