Lactuca alpina
(L.) Gray
Mountain thistle
AsteraceaeLeaves
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
The leaves are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant.
Europe, Switzerland,
Countries: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Ukraine
How to Identify
A herbaceous plant in the Asteraceae family found in temperate regions.
Names & Synonyms
Aracium alpinum (L.) MonnierCicerbita alpina (L.) Wallr.Geracium alpinum (L.) Gren. & Godr.Hieracium coeruleum Scop.Mulgedium alpinum (L.) Less.Mulgedium multiflorum DC. [Illegitimate]Picridium alpinum (L.) PhilippeSonchus alpestris Clairv.Sonchus alpinus L.Sonchus canadensis L.Sonchus coeruleus Sm.Sonchus montanus Lam.Sonchus multiflorus Desf. [Invalid]Sonchus pallidus Torr. [Illegitimate]Sonchus racemosus Lam.
References (1)
- Abbet, C., et al, 2014, Ethnobotanical survey on wild alpine food plants in Lower and Central Valais (Switzerland). Journal of Ethnopharmacology 151 (2014) 624–634 (As Sonchus alpinus)
