Lactuca virosa Hablitz

Great lettuce (en), Laitue vireuse (fr), Laitue sauvage (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Lactuca

Characteristics

A hermaphrodite herb. It grows 1.8m high.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.8
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

Uses medicinal poison
Edible leaves seeds
Therapeutic use Anodyne (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Hypnotic (unspecified), Jaundice (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Narcotic (unspecified), Sedative (unspecified), Asthma (unspecified), Gout (unspecified), Lactogogue (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Antitussive (unspecified), Dropsy (unspecified), Soporific (unspecified), Sudorific (unspecified), Analgesics (unspecified), Expectorants (unspecified), Hypnotics and sedatives (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 7 - 14
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Lactuca virosa habit picture by Isabelle Gourvat (cc-by-sa)
Lactuca virosa habit picture by Isabelle Gourvat (cc-by-sa)
Lactuca virosa habit picture by pagounet (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Lactuca virosa leaf picture by Trudy (cc-by-sa)
Lactuca virosa leaf picture by Jon Morris (cc-by-sa)
Lactuca virosa leaf picture by João Pedro Fonseca (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Lactuca virosa flower picture by John Walsh (cc-by-sa)
Lactuca virosa flower picture by John Walsh (cc-by-sa)
Lactuca virosa flower picture by FREDERIC FAURE (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Lactuca virosa fruit picture by John Walsh (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Lactuca virosa world distribution map, present in Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Chile, Germany, Algeria, Spain, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Morocco, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:228350-1
WFO ID wfo-0000024234
COL ID 6NSHB
BDTFX ID 37391
INPN ID 104787
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Lactuca virosa f. virosa Lactuca virosa

Lower taxons

Lactuca virosa subsp. cornigera