Lactuca orientalis

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
	Phaenopus orientalis Boiss. 1841; Scariola orientalis(Boiss.) Soják 1962; Lactuca viminea var. erostris Regel;

Lactuca orientalis is a Eurasian species of plant in the dandelion tribe within the Asteraceae.^[3] It is widespread across the Middle East and southern Asia as far east as Tibet.^[2]

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.^[4]

References[]

^ Tropicos, Lactuca orientalis (Boiss.) Boiss.
^ ^a ^b 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
^ "Lactuca orientalis (Boiss.) Boiss". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
^ Flora of China, Lactuca orientalis (Boissier) Boissier, 1875. 雀苣 que ju

External links[]

Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Persia (Iran) in 1842

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[1] Tropicos, Lactuca orientalis (Boiss.) Boiss.

[dora-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

[KewPOWO-3] "Lactuca orientalis (Boiss.) Boiss". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved August 25, 2020.

[4] Flora of China, Lactuca orientalis (Boissier) Boissier, 1875. 雀苣 que ju

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