Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe England, Channel Isl., Ireland, Northern Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, France, Portugal, Spain, Baleares (Ibiza & Formentera, Mallorca, Menorca), Gibraltar, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Serbia & Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Kiklades), Crete, East Aegaean Isl., Rhodos, European Turkey, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Crimea, NW-, N-, C-, E- & S-European Russia (incl. Kaliningrad region), Cyprus (C-Mountains, E-Cyprus, N-Cyprus Continental: Africa Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt (Desert Oases, Nile Delta, Nile Valley), Azores (Graciosa, Faial, Flores Isl.), Madeira (Madeira Isl.), Canary Isl. (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, Hierro, La Palma Isl.) Continental: Asie Northern Caucasus, Georgia [Caucasus], Armenia, Azerbaijan (incl. Nachichevan), Mongolia, Transcaucasus, Siberia (W-Siberia, C-Siberia), Kyrgyzstan, China (Xinjiang), Taiwan (I), Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia) , Iran (EC-Iran, NE-Iran: Mts., N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, S-Iran, W-Iran), Iraq (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq, W-Iraq: Desert), Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel, N-Negev Desert, Negev Desert), Lebanon (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon), Saudi Arabia (NE-Saudi Arabia, N-Saudi Arabia, Asir), Sinai peninsula (N-Sinai, S-Sinai), Syria (C-Syrian Desert, Jazira, Jbel Druze), Yemen (Aden Desert, N-Inner Yemen, SW-Yemen, W-Yemen), Afghanistan (Badghys, Baghlan, Balkh, Bamyan, Farah, Faryab, Ghazni, Ghorat, Herat, Jawzjan / Sar-e-Pol, Kabul, Kandahar, Kunar / Nuristan, Laghman, Wardak, Nangarhar, Paktia / Khost, Parwan, Samangan, Takhar), Pakistan (Kurram, Chitral, Swat, Hazara, Murree), Pakistani Kashmir (Baltistan), Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh, Kashmir), India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh), Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Afrikaans: Wildeslaai
العربية: خس شائك
azərbaycanca: Kompas süddəyən
čeština: locika kompasová
Cymraeg: Letusen bigog
Deutsch: Stachel-Lattich, Kompass-Lattich, Zaun-Lattich
English: Prickly Lettuce
español: achicorias, baleas, cardo, cardo lechar, cardo lechero, cardo mantequero, cardo montes, cardocucos, cazapuercos, cerrajones, escarola, escarola silvestre, escoba, lambaza, lecheguetas, lechera, lecherina, lecherinas, lecherín, lechuga borde, lechuga escarola, lechuga escarolada, lechuga espinosa, lechuga montés, lechuga silvestre, lechuga silvestre de costilla espinosa, lechugo, lechugueta, lechuguetas, lechuguilla, lechuguilla pinchosa, lengua de vaca, manzanillones, nilhue, ñilhue, panes de pastor, pie de pájaro, planta brújula, serrallones, serrallón, yerba cana
فارسی: کاهوئک
suomi: Piikkisalaatti
français: laitue scariole, laitue sauvage
magyar: keszeg saláta
日本語: トゲチシャ
한국어: 가시상추
Nederlands: kompassla
slovenčina: šalát kompasový
svenska: Taggsallat
українська: Латук дикий
中文（臺灣）: 野萵苣
中文: 野莴苣

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