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Lactuca saligna L.

Synonyms

Chondrilla crepoides, Lactuca adulteriana, Lactuca angustifolia, Lactuca caucasica, Lactuca cyanea, Lactuca salicifolia, Lactuca spiciformis, Lactuca tommasiniana, Lactuca vanensis, Lactuca virgata, Lactuca virosa, Lactuca wallrothii

Common names

Khas barri, Willowleaf lettuce

Extract from Wikipedia article

Lactuca saligna is a species of wild lettuce known by the common name Willowleaf lettuce, and Least lettuce. It is native to Eurasia but it grows in many other places as an introduced species, including much of North America.[+]

Willowleaf lettuce (Lactuca saligna) on roadside of a road to Zubara in Al Magdah farms area, in north-western Qatar, February 22, 2014 Al Ghuwairiya HC St, Al-Ghuwayriyah, Qatar Flower of willowleaf lettuce (Lactuca saligna) in roadside depression of Dukhan Highway. Qatar, January 15, 2016 Dukhan Hwy, Qatar Willowleaf lettuce (Lactuca saligna) in roadside depression of Dukhan Highway. Qatar, January 15, 2016 Dukhan Hwy, Qatar

Links

• Flora of Qatar.
• Unknown plants or plants without names.
• Duplicate and extra pictures of plants.
• Earlier version of collection of plants.
• Other collections of pictures from Qatar: Lizards of Qatar, Cats of Qatar, Camels of Qatar, and Fish of Qatar.
• Picture archives.
• Home page of A. Sergeev.

Outside links

• Lactuca saligna, Wikipedia article
• Lactuca saligna from www.catalogueoflife.org
• Illustrated Checklist of the Flora of Qatar
• Qatar Biodiversity - Plants
• Flora of Qatar
• Plants of UAE
• Plants of Kuwait
• Flora of Saudi Arabia, Al-Qassim Region
• Plants of Saudi Arabia (Flickr/Salem Al Shekaili)
• Flora of Eastern Saudi Arabia
• Plants of South-Western Morocco
• Pictures from Qatar (Flickr/cpmkutty)
• Pictures from Qatar (Panoramio/safamarwa)
• Pictures from Oman
• Flora of Israel

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Acknowledgements

QNHG (Qatar Natural History Group) and associated people, for a possibility to participate in their field excursions and to learn about local nature.