Lactuca serriola L. (wild lettuce) is a highly invasive C3 weed in many countries, including Australia, Canada, and the USA. This weed is a severe threat to agricultural systems, especially in crops grown with reduced or no-tillage approaches, which commonly include wheat, cereals and pulses.

5. Lactuca serriola L. E · prickly lettuce. Lactuca scariola L.; L. scariola L. var. integrata Gren. & Godr.; L. scariola L. var. integrifolia (Bogenh.) G. Beck • CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT. Fields, roadsides, waste areas. No · Lactuca scariola L. Lactuca scariola L.

April 4, 2013 - Lactuca serriola L. has traditionally been used in folkloric medicine to manage respiratory, gastrointestinal, and multiple other ailments. The present study was undertaken to explore the effect of methanol extract of L. serriola on isolated rabbit tissue ...

August 17, 2025 - Lactuca serriola, also called prickly lettuce, milk thistle (not to be confused with Silybum marianum, also called milk thistle), compass plant, and scarole, is an annual or biennial plant in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.

Lactuca serriola is closely related ... America, as well as other introduced species; L. serriola is the most abundant introduced lettuce in most of North America....

A weed in fields and waste places; native of Europe, now naturalized throughout most of the U.S. July–Sept. The common form with lobeless lvs, called var. integrata Gren. & Gordon, may reflect introgression from L. sativa L., cultivated lettuce, with which L. serriola hybridizes freely.

September 21, 2025 - The plant most know as wild lettuce, ... plant. Native to the Mediterranean, L. serriola is a prickly weed that grows widespread in disturbed areas, sidewalks and yards....

Scientific Name Lactuca serriola L.

Lactuca sativa subsp. serriola (L.) Frietema in Cult.

Lactuca serriola is native to the Mediterranean region and occurs along roadsides, in abandoned fields, and other disturbed areas.

Lactuca serriola, also called prickly lettuce, milk thistle (not to be confused with Silybum marianum, also called milk thistle) compass plant, and scarole, is an annual or biennial plant in the dandelion tribe within the daisy family.

February 25, 2026 - Prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola) is considered the wild progenitor of lettuce (Zohary 1991). Along with L. virosa and L. saligna, it continues to be one of the primary wild Lactuca species used for breeding new lettuce varieties (Lebeda et al.

Lactuca sativa subsp. serriola (L.) Frietema

Prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola) is thought to pose a potential threat to one or more vegetation formations in Victoria, and is listed as an common invasive weed in several vegetation types in the north-western parts of this state (i.e. in grassy riverine forest in the Robinvale Plains bioregion ...

Mikulka, J. & Chodova, D. (2003) Germination and emergence of prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola L.) and its susceptibility to selected herbicides.

Lactuca serriola L., syn, Lactuca scariola · Family Name: Asteraceae (Compositae) - Aster or Sunflower Family · Identification Notes · Life Cycle · introduced annual, winter annual or biennial, reproducing by seed · Stems · upright, tall, usually prickly near ground, leafy, hollow ·

This is an annual or biennial species native to Eurasia, but widely naturalized in North America. It is the closest wild relative to cultivated lettuce. It is a very tall, branched plant growing 2-7 feet tall. It has numerous small (1/4 inch) dandelion-like flowers that are pale yellow in color.

plntulas de dicotiledneas · Identificación: planta anual, en ocasiones perennizante, de 0,5-2 m, con látex. Hojas dentadas, generalmente pinnatífidas, con pequeñas espinas en su margen y en el nervio medio por el envés; giran en su base de modo que el limbo se dispone casi vertical.

A pesar de ser una especie un poco espinosa, es una de las parientes más cercanas de la lechuga cultivada. Es una maleza exótica con poblaciones relativamente locales, hasta ahora.