Lactuca serriola L.
(Prickly Lettuce)

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Lactuca serriola f. serriola
Prickly Lettuce
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLactuca serriola (Prickly Lettuce)
GenusLactuca (lettuces)
TribeLactuceae (“dandelions”)
SubfamilyLACTUCOIDEAE (“dandelions”)
FamilyASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
OrderASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Braithwaite, M.E., Ellis, B. & Preston, C.D. 2006 Change in the British Flora 1987-2004 British Wildlife Vol 17 (6): 381-390.

Lactuca serriola (Prickly Lettuce) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lactuca serriola (Prickly Lettuce)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 7 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lactuca serriola (Prickly Lettuce)
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