wild lettuce

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wild lettuce

(Plants) any of several uncultivated lettuce plants, such as Lactuca serriola (or L. scariola) of Eurasia and L. canadensis (horseweed) of North America, which grow as weeds and have yellow or blue flowers, milky juice in the stem, and prickly leaves: family Asteraceae (composites)

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Estas especies aparecen acompanadas de otros elementos propios de Artemisetea vulgaris, como Verbascum sinuatum, Marrubium vulgare, Lactuca virosa, etc.

Vegetacion herbacea vivaz de la cuenca del rio Tinto (Huelva, Espana)

The submediterranean species Lactuca virosa occurs throughout

Geographical distribution of wild Lactuca species (Asteraceae, Lactuceae)

II Other taxa: Quercus rotundifoliae + in 4 and 6; Armeria beirana, Crataegus monogyna and Lactuca virosa 1, Lepidium heterophyllum and Rumex induratus + in 1; Cistus inflatus and Rumex acetosa 1, Arrhenatherum elatius subsp.