Lactuca tetrantha
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| Lactuca tetrantha | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Lactuca |
| Species: | L. tetrantha |
| Binomial name | |
| Lactuca tetrantha | |
| Synonyms | |
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Scariola tetrantha (B.L.Burtt & P.H.Davis) Soják | |
Lactuca tetrantha, the Troödos lettuce, is an erect, lactiferous, perennial herb, 10–30 cm high. Leaves hairless, deeply dissected, the basal in rosette, oblong, 3-12 x 0.8-2.5 cm, often purplish-green, the upper alternate, smaller. Flowers in capitula, arranged in corymbs, florets 4, ligulate, yellow, reddish at the lower surface, flowers July–October, fruit a pappose achene.[1]
Rocky hillsides and rock crevices on serpentinised rocks at 1500–1900 m altitude.
