The lettuce of the vines ( Lactuca viminea ) is generally a plant bi-annual or long-lived, especially Mediterranean, of small size, pertaining to the kind Lactuca and to the family of the Astéracées (or Made up).

Description

Plant at generally woody, ramified enough base. Glabrous and sticky stem. Sheet S basal pennatilobate, generally whole sheets caulinaires. Flowerheads yellow gilded laid out into small Bunch S along the branches. Each flowerhead carries relatively little flowers, or florets (5 generally, sometimes 4). The florets all are ligulas and with 5 teeth. The Fruit S are small Akène S flattened and elliptic.

Characteristics

• reproductive Bodies:
• Standard of inflorescence: racème of flowerheads
• Distribution of the sexes: Standard hermaphrodite
• of pollination: entomogame
• Period of flowering: July at September
• Seed:
• Standard of fruit: Akène
• Mode of dissemination: anémochore
• Habitat and distribution:
• standard Habitat: xerophilous, Mediterranean long-lived waste lands
• Surface of distribution: Mediterranean

Subspecies

• Lactuca viminea (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl subsp. will chondrilliflora (Boreau) Bonnier
• Lactuca viminea (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl subsp. ramosissima (All.) Arcang.
• Lactuca viminea (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl subsp. viminea

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