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	Lactuca tuberosa JACQ.

Synon.: Steptorhamphus tuberosus (L.) GROSSH.

Genus: Lactuca L., Steptorhamphus BUNGE

Authors:
	JACQ.:	Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727 - 1817), Austrian chemist and botanist
	L.:	Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	GROSSH.:	Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim (1888 - 1948), Russian botanist
	BUNGE:	Alexander Andrejewitsch von Bunge (1803 - 1890), German-Russian physician and botanist who explored the Asian flora

Etymology:
	Lactuca:	laktis = milk
	tuberosa:	bulbous
	Steptorhamphus:	stepto = twisted, rhamphos = beak (achenes)

The leaves of this pretty, light yellow flowering Lettuce can be either entire (with serrated edge) or heavily pinnate.

Fig. 1: Lactuca tuberosa / Tuberous Lettuce
GR Hymettos 21.5.2008

Fig. 2: Lactuca tuberosa / Tuberous Lettuce
GR Hymettos 21.5.2008

Fig. 3: Lactuca tuberosa / Tuberous Lettuce
GR Hymettos 20.5.2008

Fig. 4: Lactuca tuberosa / Tuberous Lettuce
GR Peloponnes, Taygetos, Viros - Gorge 31.5.2024

Fig. 5: Lactuca tuberosa / Tuberous Lettuce
GR Peloponnes, Taygetos, Viros - Gorge 31.5.2024

Fig. 6: Lactuca tuberosa / Tuberous Lettuce
GR Peloponnes, Taygetos, Viros - Gorge 31.5.2024

Fig. 7: Lactuca tuberosa / Tuberous Lettuce
GR Peloponnes, Taygetos, Viros - Gorge 31.5.2024

Fig. 8: Lactuca tuberosa / Tuberous Lettuce
GR Peloponnes, Taygetos, Viros - Gorge 31.5.2024

Fig. 9: Lactuca tuberosa / Tuberous Lettuce
GR Peloponnes, Taygetos, Viros - Gorge 31.5.2024

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