Lactuca alpina
(L.) Gray
Mountain thistle
Asteraceae Edible: Leaves
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Description
A herbaceous plant in the Asteraceae family found in temperate regions.
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Edible Uses
The leaves are eaten.
Distribution
It is a temperate plant.
Where It Grows
Europe, Switzerland,
Synonyms
Aracium alpinum (L.) MonnierCicerbita alpina (L.) Wallr.Geracium alpinum (L.) Gren. & Godr.Hieracium coeruleum Scop.Mulgedium alpinum (L.) Less.Mulgedium multiflorum DC. [Illegitimate]Picridium alpinum (L.) PhilippeSonchus alpestris Clairv.Sonchus alpinus L.Sonchus canadensis L.Sonchus coeruleus Sm.Sonchus montanus Lam.Sonchus multiflorus Desf. [Invalid]Sonchus pallidus Torr. [Illegitimate]Sonchus racemosus Lam.
References (1)
- Abbet, C., et al, 2014, Ethnobotanical survey on wild alpine food plants in Lower and Central Valais (Switzerland). Journal of Ethnopharmacology 151 (2014) 624–634 (As Sonchus alpinus)
