Asteraceae
Lapsana

Lapsana communis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 811 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Europe to Siberia and Iran. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia

Introduced into:

Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Azores, Bolivia, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Dominican Republic, Greenland, Haiti, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Jamaica, Juan Fernández Is., Kentucky, Kirgizstan, Korea, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Réunion, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Australia, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
  • Dar, G.H. & Govaerts, R.H.A. (2025). Flora of Kashmir Himalaya: Sind Valley 2: 607-1262. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun, India.
  • Delipavlov, D. & Cheshmedzhiev, I. (eds.) (2011). Opredelitel na rasteniiata v Bulgariia: 1-590. Akad. Isd. Agrar. Univers. Plovdiv.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A., Edmondson, J.R. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1992). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 6: 1-428. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
  • Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Probatova, N.S. & al. (2006). Flora Rossiĭskogo Dal'nego Vostoka. Dopolneniya i izmeneniya k izdaniyu Sosudistye rasteniya sovetskogo Dal'nego Vostoka t. 1-8 (1985-1996): 1-454. Russian academy of sciences Far Eastern branch.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Flora of Iraq

  • Boissier, Fl. Orient. 3: 720 (1875)
  • Dinsmore in Post, Fl. Syria, Palest. & Sinai ed. 2, 2: 126 (1933)
  • Ghafoor in Fl. Pakistan 222: 64 (2017).
  • L., Sp. Pl.: 811 (1753)
  • Rawi in Dep. Agr. Iraq Tech. Bull. 14: 199 (1964)
  • Rechinger, Fl. Iranica 122: 221 (1977)
  • Sell in Fl. Turkey 5: 785 (1975)
  • Vassilchenko in Fl. S.S.S.R. 29: 401 (1964)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
  • Delipavlov, D. & Cheshmedzhiev, I. (eds.) (2011). Opredelitel na rasteniiata v Bulgariia: 1-590. Akad. Isd. Agrar. Univers. Plovdiv.
  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1992). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 6: 1-428. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Krasnoborov, I.M. (ed.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 13: 1-499. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Malyschev, L.I., Peshkova, G.A. & Baikov, K.S. (eds.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 14: 1-210. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.
  • Probatova, N.S. & al. (2006). Flora Rossiĭskogo Dal'nego Vostoka. Dopolneniya i izmeneniya k izdaniyu Sosudistye rasteniya sovetskogo Dal'nego Vostoka t. 1-8 (1985-1996): 1-454. Russian academy of sciences Far Eastern branch.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 17, 1767 Lowe, R.T. [218] Cabo Verde K002058412 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Spain K002058395 No
Haines, R.W. [W1724] Iraq K002695042 No
Inayat; Duthie, J.F. [19873] Pakistan K002058399 No
Cosson, E. Algeria K000252091 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tengwall, T.A. [752] Türkiye K002058364 No
Furse, P. [9045] Iran K002695035 No
Sintenis, P. [4467] Türkiye K002058355 No
Haines, R.W. [W 1162] Iraq K002695040 No
Heilbronn, M. [87] Türkiye K002058365 No
Manisadjan [630] Türkiye K002058359 No
Lindsay, N. [859] Iran K002695034 No
Al-Rawi, A.; Serhang, I. [24710] Iraq K002695047 No
Bourgeau, E. [867] Spain K002058394 No
At- Dabbagh; Hamad, R. [46252] Iraq K002695045 No
Cosson, E.; Doumel-adanson; Letourneux, A.; Reboud, V.; Barratte, G.; Bonner, E. Tunisia K000252092 Unknown Type Material Yes
Al-Rawi, A.; Serhang, I. [26557] Iraq K002695046 No
Gillies, D.; Marshall, M.; Thomlimson, P. [THS61] K002104927 No
Ruhsam, M. [DMR109] United Kingdom K001767961 Yes
Lowe, R.T. [218] Cabo Verde K001790818 Yes
Khan; Prance; Ratcliffe [500] Türkiye K002695030 No
s.coll. [529] Pakistan K002058401 No
Balansa, B. [264] Türkiye K002058361 No
Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K002058403 No
Rechinger, K.H. [376] Iran K002695039 No
Furse, P. [9045] Iran K002695037 No
Murray, R.P.; Prior, [s.n.] Spain K002058396 No
Lindsay, N. [859] Iran K002695038 No
At-Dabbagh; Hamas, K. [46224] Iraq K002695044 No
{AL. Kaisi; Karim, F.; Hamad, K.} [49771] Iraq K002695048 No
Haines, R.W. [W1724] Iraq K002695043 No
Boissier, E. [s.n.] Greece K000808173 Syntype Yes
Jury, S.L.; Springate, L.S. [11377] Morocco K002058389 No
Boissier, E. [s.n.] Greece K000808172 Unknown Type Material Yes
Khan; Prance; Ratcliffe [577] Türkiye K002695029 No
Thomson, T. [s.n.] K002058402 No
Heilbronn, M. [147] Türkiye K002058366 No
Cowan; Darlington [2523] Iran K002695033 No
Kotschy, T. [144] Türkiye K002058363 No
Pichler, T. [s.n.] Türkiye K002058356 No
Cosson [164] Türkiye K002058357 No
Haradjian, M. [2416] Syria K002695028 No
Deane, H. [s.n.] India K002058400 No
Cosson, E. Algeria K000252090 Unknown Type Material Yes
AL-DAbbagh; Jasim, M. [46952] Iraq K002695041 No
Balansa, B. [725] Türkiye K002058354 No
Bornmüller, J. [9717] Türkiye K002058360 No
Kralik, L. [129] Algeria K000252089 Unknown Type Material Yes
Balansa, B. [264] Türkiye K002058362 No
Giles, J.J. [80] United Kingdom K001419146 Yes
Baldacci, A. [342] Albania K000808174 Unknown Type Material Yes
Clarke, C.B. [29205] K002058404 No
Milne-Redhead, E. United Kingdom K:SPC-10652.000 No
Manisadjan [630] Türkiye K002058358 No
Aucher Eloy, P.M.R. [3365] Greece K000808171 Syntype Yes
Clarke, C.B. [28656] India K002058405 No
Cope, T.A. [RBG 55] United Kingdom K000914409 Yes
Wright, P.A. [70] Iran K002695036 No
Freyn, F. [2511] Armenia K000808170 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0