Species

Lactuca virosa

Etymology

Lactuca: From the Latin lac 'milk', referring to the white juice.

Common Name(s)

acrid lettuce

Family

Asteraceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

LACVIR

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs - Composites

Flower Colours

Yellow

Year Naturalised

1940

Origin

S., W., and C. Europe, Asia, N. Africa

References and further reading

Johnson, A. T. and Smith, H. A (1986). Plant Names Simplified: Their pronunciation, derivation and meaning. Landsman Bookshop Ltd: Buckenhill, UK.

This page last updated on 5 Jun 2014