For another plant known as mountain lettuce, see Podolepis robusta.
Lactuca perennis
1796 illustration[1]
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Lactuca
Species:
L. perennis
Binomial name
Lactuca perennis
L. 1753
Lactuca perennis, common names: mountain lettuce,[2]blue lettuce or perennial lettuce, is a perennial herbaceous plant species belonging to the genus Lactuca of the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across most of central and southern Europe.[3] Its leaves are edible.[citation needed]
^illustration from 1796 Figure 47 from Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen by Johann Georg Sturm (Painter: Jacob Sturm)
^BSBI List 2007(xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
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