Lactuca orientalis

Lactuca orientalis is a Eurasian species of plant in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family. It is widespread across the Middle East and southern Asia as far east as Tibet.[2]

Lactuca orientalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Genus: Lactuca
Species:
L. orientalis
Binomial name
Lactuca orientalis
(Boiss.) Boiss. 1875
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Phaenopus orientalis Boiss. 1841
  • Scariola orientalis(Boiss.) Soják 1962
  • Lactuca viminea var. erostris Regel

Lactuca orientalis is a branching subshrub up to 60 cm tall. Leaves are both on the stem and also clustered in a circle around the base. The plant produces one flower head per branch, each head with 4–5 yellow ray flowers but no disc flowers.[3]

References
  1. Tropicos, Lactuca orientalis (Boiss.) Boiss.
  2. Roohi Bano & M. Qaiser. 2010. A taxonomic revision of the genus Lactuca L. (Cichorieae – Asteraceae) from Pakistan and Kashmir. Pakistan Journal of Botany 43(5): 2259–2268
  3. Flora of China, Lactuca orientalis (Boissier) Boissier, 1875. 雀苣 que ju


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