Lactuca raddeana Maxim.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Lactuca

Characteristics

A herb. It grows 1-2 m tall. It can keep growing for several years. The roots are branched. There is a single stem. The lower leaves are wedge shaped at the base and this section is 2-10 cm long. The ends of the leaves are oval or triangle shaped and 5-16 cm long by 2-9 cm wide. These can be divided.
Life form biennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.6
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Valley meadows among tall grass, shrub thickets, logged areas, deciduous (mainly open) forests, forest margins, very rarely in old fields, moist areas on mountain slopes; at elevations from 300-2,300 metres in China.
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It is a subtropical and temperate plant. It grows on the edges of forests between 200-3,000 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves roots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
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Images

Lactuca raddeana unspecified picture

Distribution

Lactuca raddeana world distribution map, present in China, Japan, Liberia, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Russian Federation, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:228204-1
WFO ID wfo-0000027740
COL ID 3RTB8
BDTFX ID 37328
INPN ID 104751
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Synonyms

Pterocypsela elata Lactuca raddeana Lactuca alliariifolia Lactuca elata Lactuca vaniotii Pterocypsela raddeana Lactuca nakaiana Prenanthes hieraciifolia Lactuca raddeana var. raddeana Lactuca raddeana var. elata Lactuca raddeana var. compacta

Lower taxons

Lactuca raddeana var. aogashimaensis