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Lactuca perennis
Also called Mountain Lettuce, Mountain Blue Lettuce, Perennial Lettuce
Lactuca perennis, called blue lettuce or mountain lettuce, is a perennial wild relative of garden lettuce native to central and southern Europe. It grows best in full sun in well-drained, limy soil.
Lactuca perennis, common names: mountain lettuce, blue lettuce or perennial lettuce, is a perennial herbaceous plant species belonging to the genus Lactuca of the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across most of central and southern Europe. Its leaves are edible.
These plants prefer calcareous well-drained soils and they are common on sunny rocky soils, on dry meadows, on roadsides and on banks of rivers. They can be found on average at 500–2,000 metres (1,600–6,600 ft) above sea level.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lactuca perennis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
