| Plant |
Height 30-100 cm, with vertical, usually branched rhizome |
| Stem |
Erect, glabrous, simple or branched in the upper part, smooth or grooved, greyish green to purplish |
| Leaves |
Lanceolate, 12-16 x 2-3 cm, undivided with entire or denticulate margin or pinnatilobed to deeply laciniate. Basal leaves with cordate halfclasping base |
| Inflorescence |
Corymb or corymbose panicle |
| Heads |
Relatively big (up to 3.3 cm) on thin branches. Florets numerous, ± 20. Involucral bracts 12-15 mm long, often purplish tinged, slightly hairy at the apex. Ligules blue |
| Achenes |
Fusiform, olive, 4-5 x 1.0-1.5 mm. Beak as long as 1/4 of the body. Pappus white or yellowish, 5-9 mm long |
| Reference |
Cichorieae Portal - based on Feráková V. (1977) The Genus Lactuca in Europe. Bratislava |
