| Plant |
Height c. 100 cm |
| Stem |
Whitish, glabrous or hispid |
| Stem leaves |
3-9 cm long, 1.5-3.5 cm wide, entire, pinnatisect or runcinate, sinuate-dentate, attenuate or auriculate, hispid, glaucous on both surfaces |
| Inflorescence |
Paniculiform, with many heads. Peduncle hispid or glandular below heads, covered with bracts |
| Heads |
5-25 flowers. Involucre 6-10 mm long. Receptacle naked. Corolla ligulate, yellow |
| Achenes |
7.5 mm long, pilose, brown, ribbed, with a filiform beak of 4.5 mm long. Pappus of simple bristles, white, at least 3.5 mm long |
| Reference |
Cichorieae Portal - based on Jeffrey C. (1975) Lactuca L. In: Davis P.H. et al. (eds) Flora of Turkey 5. Edinburgh |
