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Lactuca alpestris
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IUCN NT · Near threatened

Lactuca alpestris

Lactuca alpestris is a species of plant native to Crete in the Ida mountains and is a relative of lettuce.

It is perennial and has yellow flowers. Its achenes are 7m to 8m long. The species grows on rocky slopes, dwarf shrub communities, calcareous garrigue, scree, and rubble. IUCN Red list states the species is threatened due to climate change and agriculture.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 439451.