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Lactuca viminea (L.) J. Presl & C. Presl subsp. ramosissima (All.) Arcang.

Nomenclature
The Plant List Lactuca viminea (L.) J. Presl & C. Presl subsp. ramosissima (All.) Arcang.
GRIN Taxonomy Lactuca viminea (L.) J. Presl & C. Presl subsp. ramosissima (All.) Arcang.
Cichorieae Portal Lactuca viminea (L.) J. Presl & C. Presl subsp. ramosissima (All.) Arcang.
Euro+Med Plantbase Lactuca viminea (L.) J. Presl & C. Presl subsp. ramosissima (All.) Arcang.


Native distribution
Europe Albania; Andorra; Croatia; France; Greece; Italy; Spain
Africa Morocco


Key features
Lettuce gene pool Tertiary relative
Chromosome number 2n = 18
Habitat Dry, rocky slopes
Life history Biennial
Breeding system Allogamous
Flower colour Yellow
EURISCO (Dec. 2017) 0 accessions


Morphological description
General In the stage of basal rosette identical with subsp. viminea. Stem densely branched from the base, with short divaricate branches. Except for the shrub-like appearance and slightly shorter achenes there are no differences from the typical subspecies
Reference Cichorieae Portal - based on Feráková V. (1977) The Genus Lactuca in Europe. Bratislava