- Family:
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus:
- Lactuca L.
Lactuca indica L.

[FZ]
Compositae, G. V. Pope. Flora Zambesiaca 6:1. 1992
- Morphology General Habit
- A stout erect leafy annual or biennial herb up to c. 1.5(4) m. tall.
- Morphology Stem
- Stems solitary, branching above, glabrous.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves cauline sessile, not or scarcely auriculate, glabrous; lower leaves up to c. 22 x 14 cm., pinnatipartite, narrowly ovate to broadly elliptic in outline, remotely 2–5-lobed, the terminal lobe up to c. 9.5 x 2.5 cm. lanceolate, lateral lobes up to c. 5.5 x 1 cm. lorate; upper leaves smaller, undivided and lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, sometimes lobed.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Synflorescence
- Synflorescence paniculate; branches ascending, glabrous with ovate to narrowly lanceolate bracts.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
- Capitula numerous, stalked; stalks up to c. 2.5 cm. long, imbricately bracteolate particularly when young; involucres 8–10 x 3.5–4 mm., cylindric at time of flowering, increasing to c. 14 x 7 mm. and becoming pyriform in fruiting capitula.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Phyllaries
- Phyllaries 4–5-seriate, glabrous; the outermost 2–5 mm. long, ovate; the innermost to c. 14 mm. long, lorate-lanceolate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Florets 20–28 per capitulum; corollas yellow 13–15 mm. long, tube slender, cylindric, pubescent about the mouth; ligule c. 7–9 x 1.5–2 mm., lorate, glabrous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achenes dark-brown or black 4.5–5 x 1.5–2 mm. including a c. 1 mm. long paler-coloured beak, flattened-ellipsoid, ± winged on the margins and narrowly 1(2)-ribbed on each face, glabrous; pappus several-seriate, of white barbellate setae c. 7 mm. long.
Native to:
Amur, Assam, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, East Himalaya, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Jawa, Khabarovsk, Korea, Laos, Manchuria, Nansei-shoto, Philippines, Primorye, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
Introduced into:
Central African Repu, Comoros, Jamaica, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles
- Brachyramphus heyneanus Wight
- Brachyramphus sinicus Miq.
- Brachyramphus sonchifolius Thwaites
- Brachyramphus taraxacoides DC.
- Chondrilla indica (L.) Steud.
- Chondrilla sonchifolia Poir.
- Chondrilla squarrosa Poir.
- Lactuca amurensis Regel & Maxim.
- Lactuca bialata Griff.
- Lactuca brevirostris Champ. ex Benth.
- Lactuca cavaleriei H.Lév.
- Lactuca dracoglossa Makino
- Lactuca hoatiensis H.Lév.
- Lactuca jamaicensis Griseb.
- Lactuca kouyangensis H.Lév.
- Lactuca laciniata f. indivisa Makino
- Lactuca mauritiana Poir.
- Lactuca squarrosa Miq.
- Leontodon acutissimus Noronha
- Prenanthes indica (L.) J.G.Klein ex Poir.
- Prenanthes laciniata Houtt.
- Prenanthes racemosa Roxb.
- Prenanthes squarrosa Thunb.
- Prenanthes taraxacoides Wall.
- Pterocypsela indica (L.) C.Shih
- Pterocypsela indica var. laciniata (Houtt.) H.C.Fu
- Pterocypsela indivisa (Makino) H.S.Pak
- Pterocypsela laciniata (Houtt.) C.Shih
- Scariola brevirostris (Fenzl) Soják
- Sonchus calyculatus Roxb. ex DC.
Lactuca indica L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Randriamampionona, B. [735], Madagascar | K000662260 | No | |||
March [2004], Jamaica | Lactuca jamaicensis | K000222235 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3279] | Prenanthes taraxacoides | K001129348 | Yes | ||
Cavalerie, J. [7377], Yunnan | Pterocypsela indica var. laciniata | K000815113 | Yes | ||
Champion, J.G. [231], Hong Kong | Pterocypsela indica | K000815111 | Yes | ||
Henry, A. [7955], Hainan | Pterocypsela indica | K000815110 | Yes | ||
Cavalerie, J. [2908], Yunnan | Pterocypsela indica | K000815114 | Yes | ||
Henry, A. [295], China | Pterocypsela indica | K000815115 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [231], Hong Kong | Pterocypsela indica | K000815112 | Yes |
First published in Mant. Pl.: 278 (1771)
Accepted by
- Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
- Krasnoborov, I.M. (ed.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 13: 1-499. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
- Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 5: 1-451. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
- Chou, S., Chhnang, P. & Kim, Y. (2016). A Checklist for the Seed Plants of Cambodia: 1-272. National Institute of Biological Resources, Korea.
- Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1992). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 6: 1-428. Nauka, Leningrad.
- Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
- Krasnoborov, I.M. (ed.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 13: 1-499. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
- Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 5: 1-451. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.
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