Lactuca indica L.

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
    (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Asteraceae
  • Synonym(s) : Chondrilla indica (L.) Steud.; Prenanthes indica (L.) J.G.Klein ex Poir.; Pterocypsela indica (L.) C.Shih; Brachyramphus heyneanus Wight; Brachyramphus sinicus Miq.; Brachyramphus sonchifolius Thwaites; Brachyramphus taraxacoides DC.; Chondrilla squarrosa (Thunb.) Poir.; Lactuca amurensis Regel & Maxim.; Lactuca bialata Griff.; Lactuca brevirostris Champ. ex Benth.; Lactuca cavaleriei H.Lév.; Lactuca dracoglossa Makino; Lactuca hoatiensis H.Lév.; Lactuca indica var. indivisa (Makino) Hatus.; Lactuca indica var. laciniata (Houtt.) H.Hara; Lactuca jamaicensis Griseb.; Lactuca kouyangensis H.Lév.; Lactuca laciniata (Houtt.) Makino; Lactuca laciniata f. indivisa Makino; Lactuca mauritiana Poir.; Lactuca squarrosa (Thunb.) Miq.; Leontodon acutissimus Noronha; Prenanthes laciniata Houtt.; Prenanthes racemosa Roxb.; Prenanthes squarrosa Thunb.; Prenanthes taraxacoides Wall.; Pterocypsela indica var. dracoglossa (Makino) K.Hammer; Pterocypsela indica var. indivisa (Makino) K.Hammer; Pterocypsela indica var. laciniata (Houtt.) H.C.Fu; Pterocypsela indivisa (Makino) H.S.Pak; Pterocypsela laciniata (Houtt.) C.Shih; Scariola brevirostris (Champ. ex Benth.) Soják; Sonchus calyculatus Roxb. ex DC.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lactuca indica L.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Key identification features : Tall, erect, glabrous herbs; Leaves linear-Ianceolate, shortly auricled at base; Heads pale yellow within, purplish outside; Achenes ellipsoid, black; Pappus dirty white or yellowish.
  • Flower, Fruit : May- October
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Subansiri
    • Assam : Assam
  • Native : Amur, India, Cambodia, China, Chita, Bhutan, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Jawa, Khabarovsk, Korea, Laos, Manchuria, Nansei-shoto, Philippines, Primorye, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Amur, India, Cambodia, China, Chita, Bhutan, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Jawa, Khabarovsk, Korea, Laos, Manchuria, Nansei-shoto, Philippines, Primorye, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 32
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lactuca indica. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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