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Lactuca palmensis

Lactuca palmensis
Photo: (c) Javier Sánchez Álvarez, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Native range
Canary Is. (La Palma)

About

Lactuca palmensis is a species of wild lettuce endemic to the Canary Islands. DNA evidence shows that it is closely related to the African and European species of Lactuca, while the Azores endemic Lactuca watsoniana is more closely related to the North American lineage.

Other Lactuca plants

Cicerbita macrophylla · Lactuca aculeata · Lactuca alpestris · Tall blue lettuce · Canada lettuce · Lactuca dissecta · Lactuca dolichophylla · Woodland lettuce · Grassleaf lettuce · Hairy lettuce · Indian lettuce · African Lettuce

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lactuca palmensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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