Lactuca serriola

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Cichorioideae
Tribus: Cichorieae
Subtribus: Lactucinae
Genus: Lactuca
Species: Lactuca serriola

Name

Lactuca serriola L., Cent. Pl., 2: 29, 1756

Synonyms

Hieracium lactuca E. H. L. Krause
Lactuca albicaulis Boiss.
Lactuca altaica Fisch. & C. A. Meyer
Lactuca angustifolia Lam. ex Steud.
Lactuca augustana All.
Lactuca auriculata Aitch.
Lactuca bracteata Wall.
Lactuca coriacea Sch. Bip.
Lactuca crispa Roth
Lactuca dubia Jord.
Lactuca elata Salisb.
Lactuca laciniata Roth
Lactuca latifolia Gilib.
Lactuca officinarum Crantz
Lactuca palmata Willd.
Lactuca plicata Balb.
Lactuca pseudovirosa Sch. Bip. ex Nym.
Lactuca scariola L.
Lactuca schimperi Jord.
Lactuca serriola subsp. integrifolia (A. Gray) G. H. Loos
Lactuca serriola f. integrifolia (S. F. Gray) S. D. Prince & R. N. Carter
Lactuca sylvestris Garsault
Lactuca sylvestris Lam.
Lactuca tephrocarpa C. Koch
Lactuca verticalis Gaterau
Lactuca virosa Luce
Wiestia spectabilis Sch. Bip.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- - England, Channel Isl., Ireland, Northern Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, France, Portugal, Spain, Baleares (Ibiza & Formentera, Mallorca, Menorca), Gibraltar, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Serbia & Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Kiklades), Crete, East Aegaean Isl., Rhodos, European Turkey, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Crimea, NW-, N-, C-, E- & S-European Russia (incl. Kaliningrad region), Cyprus (C-Mountains, E-Cyprus, N-Cyprus
Continental: Africa
- - Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt (Desert Oases, Nile Delta, Nile Valley), Azores (Graciosa, Faial, Flores Isl.), Madeira (Madeira Isl.), Canary Isl. (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, Hierro, La Palma Isl.)
Continental: Asie
- - Northern Caucasus, Georgia [Caucasus], Armenia, Azerbaijan (incl. Nachichevan), Mongolia, Transcaucasus, Siberia (W-Siberia, C-Siberia), Kyrgyzstan, China (Xinjiang), Taiwan (I), Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia) , Iran (EC-Iran, NE-Iran: Mts., N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, S-Iran, W-Iran), Iraq (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq, W-Iraq: Desert), Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel, N-Negev Desert, Negev Desert), Lebanon (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon), Saudi Arabia (NE-Saudi Arabia, N-Saudi Arabia, Asir), Sinai peninsula (N-Sinai, S-Sinai), Syria (C-Syrian Desert, Jazira, Jbel Druze), Yemen (Aden Desert, N-Inner Yemen, SW-Yemen, W-Yemen), Afghanistan (Badghys, Baghlan, Balkh, Bamyan, Farah, Faryab, Ghazni, Ghorat, Herat, Jawzjan / Sar-e-Pol, Kabul, Kandahar, Kunar / Nuristan, Laghman, Wardak, Nangarhar, Paktia / Khost, Parwan, Samangan, Takhar), Pakistan (Kurram, Chitral, Swat, Hazara, Murree), Pakistani Kashmir (Baltistan), Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh, Kashmir), India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh), Vietnam

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Linnaeus, C., 1756. Cent. Pl. II: 29. 1756 (Amoen. acad. 4: 328. 1759)

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Lactuca serriola in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan 9. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Lactuca serriola. Published online. Accessed: 9 Jan 2025. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Lactuca serriola. Accessed: 9 Jan 2025.
Hassler, M. 2025. Lactuca serriola. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan 9. Reference page.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Wildeslaai
العربية: خس شائك
azərbaycanca: Kompas süddəyən
čeština: locika kompasová
Cymraeg: Letusen bigog
Deutsch: Stachel-Lattich, Kompass-Lattich, Zaun-Lattich
English: Prickly Lettuce
español: achicorias, baleas, cardo, cardo lechar, cardo lechero, cardo mantequero, cardo montes, cardocucos, cazapuercos, cerrajones, escarola, escarola silvestre, escoba, lambaza, lecheguetas, lechera, lecherina, lecherinas, lecherín, lechuga borde, lechuga escarola, lechuga escarolada, lechuga espinosa, lechuga montés, lechuga silvestre, lechuga silvestre de costilla espinosa, lechugo, lechugueta, lechuguetas, lechuguilla, lechuguilla pinchosa, lengua de vaca, manzanillones, nilhue, ñilhue, panes de pastor, pie de pájaro, planta brújula, serrallones, serrallón, yerba cana
فارسی: کاهوئک
suomi: Piikkisalaatti
français: laitue scariole, laitue sauvage
magyar: keszeg saláta
日本語: トゲチシャ
한국어: 가시상추
Nederlands: kompassla
slovenčina: šalát kompasový
svenska: Taggsallat
українська: Латук дикий
中文（臺灣）: 野萵苣
中文: 野莴苣