Lactuca viminea

Lactuca viminea, the pliant lettuce, is a Eurasian plant species in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of Europe and southwestern Asia from Portugal to Pakistan.[2][1]

Lactuca viminea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Lactuca
Species:
L. viminea
Binomial name
Lactuca viminea
(L.) J.Presl & C.Presl 1819 not C.B.Clarke 1876
Synonyms[1][2]
Synonymy
  • Prenanthes viminea L., 1753
  • Scariola viminea (L.) F.W.Schmidt
  • Scariola tetrantha (B.L.Burtt & P.H.Davis) Soják
  • Lactuca chondrilliflora subsp. contracta (Velen.) Nyman
  • Lactuca contracta Velen.
  • Lactuca numidica Batt.
  • Scariola contracta (Velen.) Soják

Lactuca viminea is a branching subshrub up to 30 cm tall. Leaves near the base are pinnately lobed, but the leaves on the stem are narrow and linear, not lobed, becoming smaller farther up the plant. The uppermost leaves are pressed against the stem and almost scale-like. Flower heads have 4–5 yellow ray flowers but no disc flowers.[2]

Subspecies[2]
  • Lactuca viminea subsp. chondrilliflora (Boreau) St.-Lag.
  • Lactuca viminea subsp. ramosissima (All.) Arcang.
  • Lactuca viminea subsp. viminea

References
  1. 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
  2. Altervista Flora Italiana, Lattuga alata, Lactuca viminea (L.) J. Presl & C. Presl includes photos and European distribution map


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