Lactuca raddeana

Lactuca raddeana is a species of wild lettuce native to Vietnam, eastern China, the Korean peninsula, the Russian Far East, Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, and Japan.[2] A biennial or perennial, growing to 2 m, it has a very wide range of variation in leaf shape, across a spectrum from undivided leaves to pinnatipartite leaves.[3] It is edible but bitter.

Lactuca raddeana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Genus: Lactuca
Species:
L. raddeana
Binomial name
Lactuca raddeana
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Lactuca alliariifolia H.Lév. & Vaniot
    • Lactuca elata Hemsl. ex F.B.Forbes & Hemsl.
    • Lactuca nakaiana H.Lév. & Vaniot
    • Lactuca vaniotii H.Lév.
    • Prenanthes hieraciifolia H.Lév.
    • Pterocypsela elata (Hemsl.) C.Shih
    • Pterocypsela raddeana (Maxim.) C.Shih

Varieties

A variety is currently accepted:[2]

  • Lactuca raddeana var. aogashimaensis (Kitam.) Katsuy.

References
  1. Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 19: 526 (1874)
  2. "Lactuca raddeana Maxim". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  3. "Lactuca raddeana". Flora of China – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
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