Lactuca tetrantha, the Troödos lettuce, is an erect, lactiferous, perennial herb, 10–30 cm high. Leaves hairless, deeply dissected, the basal in rosette, oblong, 3-12 x 0.8-2.5 cm, often purplish-green, the upper alternate, smaller. Flowers in capitula, arranged in corymbs, florets 4, ligulate, yellow, reddish at the lower surface, flowers July–October, fruit a pappose achene.[1]
Rocky hillsides and rock crevices on serpentinised rocks at 1500–1900 m altitude.
Distributionedit
Endemic to Cyprus where it is restricted to the higher parts of the Troödos Forest, mostly around Khionistra where it is not uncommon.
Referencesedit
^The Endemic Plants of Cyprus, Texts: Takis Ch. Tsintides, Photographs: Laizos Kourtellarides, Cyprus Association of Professional Foresters, Bank of Cyprus Group, Nicosia 1998, ISBN9963-42-067-2
Cyprus Flora in Colour the Endemics, V. Pantelas, T. Papachristophorou, P. Christodoulou, July 1993, ISBN9963-7931-0-X
lactuca, tetrantha, troödos, lettuce, erect, lactiferous, perennial, herb, high, leaves, hairless, deeply, dissected, basal, rosette, oblong, often, purplish, green, upper, alternate, smaller, flowers, capitula, arranged, corymbs, florets, ligulate, yellow, re. Lactuca tetrantha the Troodos lettuce is an erect lactiferous perennial herb 10 30 cm high Leaves hairless deeply dissected the basal in rosette oblong 3 12 x 0 8 2 5 cm often purplish green the upper alternate smaller Flowers in capitula arranged in corymbs florets 4 ligulate yellow reddish at the lower surface flowers July October fruit a pappose achene 1 Lactuca tetrantha Conservation status Vulnerable IUCN 3 1 Scientific classification Kingdom Plantae Clade Tracheophytes Clade Angiosperms Clade Eudicots Clade Asterids Order Asterales Family Asteraceae Genus Lactuca Species L tetrantha Binomial name Lactuca tetranthaB L Burtt amp P H Davis Synonyms Scariola tetrantha B L Burtt amp P H Davis Sojak Contents 1 Habitat 2 Distribution 3 References 4 External linksHabitat editRocky hillsides and rock crevices on serpentinised rocks at 1500 1900 m altitude Distribution editEndemic to Cyprus where it is restricted to the higher parts of the Troodos Forest mostly around Khionistra where it is not uncommon References edit The Endemic Plants of Cyprus Texts Takis Ch Tsintides Photographs Laizos Kourtellarides Cyprus Association of Professional Foresters Bank of Cyprus Group Nicosia 1998 ISBN 9963 42 067 2 Cyprus Flora in Colour the Endemics V Pantelas T Papachristophorou P Christodoulou July 1993 ISBN 9963 7931 0 XExternal links edit uploadimages Scariolatetrantha1600450endem natureofcyprus org Retrieved 2014 09 26 troodos lang1 gallery Lactuca tetrantha web ncu org cy Retrieved 2014 09 26 nbsp This Cichorieae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lactuca tetrantha amp oldid 1013625298, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
