Lactuca virosa L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Great Lettuce
🇫🇷 Laitue vireuse, Laitue sauvage

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Campanulids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Cichorioideae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Subtribe: Lactucinae
Genus: Lactuca
Species: Lactuca virosa

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with L. serriola L., 1756, whose mature seeds are brown, while those of L. virosa are black.

Photographs

img/lactuca-virosa.webp — Lactuca virosa

img/lactuca-virosa-2.webp — Lactuca virosa

img/lactuca-virosa-3.webp — Lactuca virosa - Cauline leaf, adaxial side

img/lactuca-virosa-4.webp — Lactuca virosa - Cauline leaf, abaxial side with spinules visible on the midrib

img/lactuca-virosa-5.webp — Lactuca virosa - Stem

img/lactuca-virosa-6.webp — Lactuca virosa - Cut stem with latex leaking

img/lactuca-virosa-7.webp — Lactuca virosa - Seeds

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 466). Biotope.