Asteraceae
Lactuca

Lactuca saligna L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 796 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Azores, Europe to Iran, NW. Africa. It is an annual or biennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine

Introduced into:

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Gulf States, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Poland, Primorye, Queensland, Québec, South Australia, South Carolina, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Uruguay, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • 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/.

Flora of Iraq

  • Anthony in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 18: 292 (1935).
  • Boissier, Fl. Orient. 3: 810 (1875)
  • Bornmüller in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 60B: 224 (1939)
  • Boulos & Hind in Fl. Egypt 3: 313 (2002)
  • Dinsmore in Post, Fl. Syria, Palest. & Sinai ed. 2, 2: 146 (1933)
  • Feinbrun-Dothan, Fl. Palaest. 3: 437 (1978)
  • Ferakova in Fl. Europ. 4: 330 (1976)
  • Jeffrey in Fl. Turkey 5: 777 (1975)
  • L., Sp. Pl.: 796 (1753)
  • Nábělek in Publ. Fac. Sci. Univ. Masaryk 5: 54 (1925)
  • Rawi in Dep. Agr. Iraq Tech. Bull. 4: 118 (1964)
  • Rechinger, Fl. Iranica 122: 192 (1977)
  • Taifour & El-Oqlah, Pl. Jordan Ann. Checkl.: 43 (2017).
  • Zohary in Dep. Agr. Iraq Bull. 31: 160 (1950)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1992). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 6: 1-428. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • 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.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Syngrassides, A. [1702] K002047347 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [183] K002047326 Yes
Siehe, W. [318] K002047336 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [1638] K002047311 Yes
Wheeler Haines, R. [W18] K002047317 Yes
Hawkins, S. [E] K002047335 Yes
Merton, L.F.H. [2828] K002047348 Yes
Casey, E.C. [948] K002047353 Yes
Syngrassides, A. [1293] K002047358 Yes
Alizzi; Omar, S. [35867] K002047342 Yes
Lowne, B.T. [s.n.] K002047332 Yes
Haradjian, M. [691] K002047330 Yes
Roth [s.n.] Israel K002047327 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [184] K002047325 Yes
Furse, P. [3841] K002047338 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002047310 Yes
Archibald, J.C. [2855] K002047315 Yes
Gandoger, M. [s.n.] K002047331 Yes
[N. Chiotellis] [454] K002047350 Yes
Davis, P.H. [14742] K002047333 Yes
Chapman, E. [25383] K002047341 Yes
Dinsmore, J.E. [10123] K002047339 Yes
Merton, L.F.H. [2828] K002047349 Yes
Bové, N. [451] K002047309 Yes
Haussknecht, C. [s.n.] K002047337 Yes
Casey, E.C. [877] K002047354 Yes
[G. E. Atherton] [549] K002047356 Yes
Casey, E.C. [953] K002047352 Yes
Davis, P.H. [1964] K002047359 Yes
Merton, L.F.H. [s.n.] K002047357 Yes
[A. Wariary] [s.n.] Algeria K002047509 No
[Agroudi] [4204] K002047312 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [2925] K002047314 Yes
[N. Bhiotellis] [458] K002047351 Yes
Gilbert, J.L. [1] Israel K002047328 Yes
Wheeler Haines, R. [W17] K002047340 Yes
Bové, N. [435] K002047308 Yes
[A. Schlager] [107] K002047313 Yes
Davis [1943] K002047355 Yes
Syngrassides, A. [1293] K002047360 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002049034 No
Crisp, P. [210] K002047316 Yes
Hawkins, S. [F] K002047334 Yes
[A. Wariary] [s.n.] Algeria K002047508 No
Meyers, F.S.; Dinsmore, J.E. [6123] K002047329 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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