Lactuca saligna
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Lactuca saligna by Jacob Sturm, 1796
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Lactuca |
| Species: | L. saligna
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| Binomial name | |
| Lactuca saligna | |
Lactuca saligna is a species of wild lettuce known by the common name willowleaf lettuce, and least lettuce. It is native to Eurasia but it grows in many other places as an introduced species, including much of North America.[2][3][4]
It can be found rarely in south-east England on dry banks near the sea and estuaries.
Description
Lactuca saligna is an
pappus.[5]
Lactuca saligna flowers from July to August in Britain.[6]
References
- ^ Carl Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, vol. 2, 796, 1753
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Lactuca saligna L.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter, Lactuca saligna
- ^ Flora of North America, Lactuca saligna Linnaeus, 1753.
- ISBN 0-7232-2419-6.
External links
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- Jepson Manual Treatment, University of California
- Calphotos Photo gallery, University of California
- Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Oklahoma in 1989
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