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mountain lettuce
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mountain lettuce

Lactuca perennis

Lactuca perennis, common names: mountain lettuce, blue lettuce or perennial lettuce, is a perennial herbaceous plant species belonging to the genus Lactuca of the daisy family. It is widespread across most of central and southern Europe.

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Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

mountain lettuce in Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration

Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration

Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.840

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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 61297.