Lactuca serriola L.

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
    (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Compositae
  • Synonym(s) : Hieracium lactuca E.H.L.Krause; Lactuca albicaulis Boiss.; Lactuca altaica Fisch. & C.A.Mey.; Lactuca angustana All.; Lactuca angustifolia Lam. ex Steud.; Lactuca auriculata Aitch.; Lactuca bracteata Wall.; Lactuca coriacea Sch.Bip.; Lactuca dubia Jord.; Lactuca elata Salisb.; Lactuca integrata (Gren. & Godr.) A.Nelson; Lactuca latifolia Gilib.; Lactuca officinarum Crantz; Lactuca plicata Balb.; Lactuca pseudovirosa Sch.Bip. ex Nyman; Lactuca sativa subsp. serriola (L.) Frietema; Lactuca scariola L.; Lactuca scariola var. integrata Gren. & Godr.; Lactuca scariola subsp. integrata (Gren. & Godr.) Piper; Lactuca scariola var. integrifolia (Gray) Bogenh.; Lactuca serriola subsp. integrifolia (Gray) G.H.Loos; Lactuca serriola f. integrifolia (Gray) S.D.Prince & R.N.Carter; Lactuca serriola f. serriola (Gray) S.D.Prince & R.N.Carter; Lactuca sylvestris Lam.; Lactuca sylvestris Garsault; Lactuca tephrocarpa K.Koch; Lactuca verticalis Gaterau; Lactuca virosa Luce; Lactuca virosa var. integrifolia Gray; Wiestia spectabilis Sch.Bip.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lactuca serriola L.
  • Common name : Prickly Lettuce, compass plant
  • Vernacular name :
    • Bankahoo, Kaahu, Saaleet (Marathi)
    • Kakubha (Sanskrit)
    • Kavu (Telugu)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Wastelands, roadsides, gravel areas on floodplains, rock crevices, grasslands on mountain slopes, mountain valleys; 500 - 2000 m. altitude
  • Flower, Fruit : July-September
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Europe to South-West Siberia and North-West China, North-West Africa, North India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Tropics and subtropics
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 158
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lactuca serriola. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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