Lactuca triangulata Maxim.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Lactuca

Characteristics

A herb. It grows 1 m tall. It can grow for 2 or more years. The roots are branched. The stems are single and purple or red. The leaves have triangle shaped teeth. The base or the leaf is 6-13 cm long and clasps the stem. The upper part of the leaves are broadly oval and 9-13 cm long by 9-16 cm wide.
Life form biennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Shady mountain forests, on stony but humus-rich soils; less often in herb meadows, on gravel deposits of mountain streams, etc. Grassland on mountain slopes, forest margins and roadsides; at elevations from 700-1,900 metres.
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It is a temperate plant. It grows in grasslands on mountain slopes between 700-1,900 m above sea level in north China.
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
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:228318-1
WFO ID wfo-0000019034
COL ID 6NSG7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lactuca triangulata Pterocypsela triangulata Lactuca triangulata var. triangulata Lactuca triangulata var. sachalinensis