Lactuca alpestris

Lactuca alpestris
Lactuca alpestris
Systematics
Order : Astern-like (Asterales) Family : Daisy family (Asteraceae) Subfamily : Cichorioideae Tribe : Cichorieae Genre : Lettuce ( Lactuca ) Type : Lactuca alpestris
Scientific name
Lactuca alpestris
( Gand. ) Rech.f.

Lactuca alpestris is a species of the genus Lactuca in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). Synonyms are Scariola alpestris (Gand.) Holub and Lactuca viminea subsp. alpestris (Gand.) Feráková .

features

Lactuca alpestris is a perennial stem hemicryptophyte that reaches heights of growth of 5 to 25, rarely up to 40 centimeters. The rhizome is many-headed and thick. The stem is prostrate. In the upper area it is sparse and its branches are not extended. The leaves run down briefly. The fruits are 7 to 8 millimeters in size, the beak 1 to 1.5 millimeters.

The flowering period extends from June to October.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 18.

Occurrence

Lactuca alpestris is endemic to Crete . The species grows in Phrygana , scree slopes and hedgehog cushion heaths at altitudes of rarely from 100, mostly 900 to 2300 meters.

supporting documents

1. ↑ Werner Greuter : Compositae (pro parte majore): Lactuca alpestris . In: Werner Greuter, Eckhard von Raab-Straube (ed.): Compositae. Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Berlin 2006–2009.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Ralf Jahn, Peter Schönfelder: Excursion flora for Crete . With contributions by Alfred Mayer and Martin Scheuerer. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1995, ISBN 3-8001-3478-0 , p. 337 .
3. ↑ Lactuca viminea subsp. alpestris at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

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