Lactuca serriola, Prickly Lettuce - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Prickly lettuce, Milk thistle, Compass plant, Scarole

Botanical name & synonyms: Lactuca serriola, Lactuca altaica, Lactuca augustana, Lactuca coriacea, Lactuca dubia, Lactuca integrata, Lactuca saligna var. robusta, Lactuca sativa var. angustana, Lactuca scariola, Lactuca sylvestris, Lactuca tephrocarpa, Lactuca verticalis

Family: Sunflower family (Asteraceae)

• native to Eurasia, North-Africa
  

• annual
  

• 30 to 120cm
  

• flower VII to IX
  

• plant community: waste ground, ruderal
  

• weight of 1 000 seeds = 0,5 gram