Lactuca raddeana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
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

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.

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. 1 2 3 "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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