Lactuca raddeana is a species of wild lettuce native to Vietnam, eastern China, the Korean peninsula, the Russian Far East, Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, and Japan.[2] A biennial or perennial, growing to 2 m, it has a very wide range of variation in leaf shape, across a spectrum from undivided leaves to pinnatipartite leaves.[3] It is edible but bitter.

Varieties

A variety is currently accepted:[2]

  • Lactuca raddeana var. aogashimaensis (Kitam.) Katsuy.

References

  1. ^ Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 19: 526 (1874)
  2. ^ a b c "Lactuca raddeana Maxim". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Lactuca raddeana". Flora of China – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.