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Pliant Lettuce
Lactuca viminea
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Willowleaf LettuceLactuca saligna
Rush SkeletonweedChondrilla juncea
Wall LettuceMycelis muralisStudy checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Ukraine | 232 |
|---|---|
| France | 227 |
| Autonomous Republic of Crimea | 170 |
| Occitanie | 145 |
| Spain | 135 |
| Russia | 80 |
| Krasnodar Krai | 71 |
| Sevastopol | 59 |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 57 |
| Croatia | 51 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Material useListed as being used for materials such as wood, fiber, resin, gum, or oil.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
- Crop wild relativeListed as a crop wild relative or crop gene source by a harvested source.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
- Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales |
| Family | Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae |
| Genus | wild lettuces · Lactuca |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Pliant Lettuce with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.