Lactuca macrophylla subsp. macrophylla is a plant in the Asteraceae family, order Asterales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Lactuca macrophylla subsp. macrophylla

Lactuca macrophylla subsp. macrophylla

Common blue-sow-thistle (Cicerbita macrophylla, synonym Lactuca macrophylla) is an Asteraceae flowering plant native to parts of Eurasia.

Family
Genus
Lactuca
Order
Asterales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Lactuca macrophylla subsp. macrophylla

This taxon, currently known as Cicerbita macrophylla, has the scientific synonym Lactuca macrophylla. It is commonly called common blue-sow-thistle. It is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Asteraceae. It is native to central and east European Russia, Iran, the North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, and Turkey.

Photo: (c) Kutushev Radik, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Kutushev Radik · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Asterales Asteraceae Lactuca

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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