Plant |
Height 40-80 cm |
Stem |
Erect, terete, glabrous above, densely glandular below, usually unbranched |
Stem leaves |
Densely pilose. Lower leaves pinnatisect to pinnatifid or runcinate, irregularly denticulate, amplexicaul or petiole-like attenuate. Terminal lobe triangular, much larger than lateral lobes. Lateral lobes 2-4, oblong to obovate. Middle and upper leaves narrowly ovate, entire, ciliate, subentire or denticulate, semi-amplexicaul or amplexicaul |
Inflorescence |
Paniculiform |
Heads |
8-18 flowers. Involucral bracts triangular-ovate, 12-15 mm long, glabrous. Corolla ligulate, yellow |
Achenes |
Cylindrical in outline, 7-8 mm long, brown, with 10 ribs, with a filiform beak of 1.0-1.5 mm long, forth as long to about as long as the corpus. Pappus white, caducous |
Reference |
Cichorieae Portal - based on Feráková V. (1976) Lactuca L. In: Tutin G. et al. (eds) Flora Europaea 4. Cambridge; Feráková V. (1977) The Genus Lactuca in Europe. Bratislava |