Asteraceae
Creeping lettuce
Ixeris stolonifera
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Ixeris
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 圆叶苦荬菜, 蔓苦蕒
- English
- Creeping lettuce
- Japanese
- イワニガナ
- Korean
- 좀씀바귀
Synonyms
- Ixeris capillaris Nakai
- Ixeris stolonifera f. capillaris (Nakai) Ohwi
- Ixeris stolonifera f. sinuata (Makino) Ohwi
- Ixeris stolonifera f. stolonifera
- Ixeris stolonifera subsp. capillaris (Nakai) Kitam.
- Ixeris stolonifera subsp. stolonifera
- Ixeris stolonifera var. capillaris (Nakai) T.Shimizu
- Ixeris stolonifera var. sinuata (Makino) Takeda
- Ixeris stolonifera var. stolonifera
- Lactuca nummularifolia H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Lactuca nummulariifolia H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Lactuca stolonifera (A.Gray) Benth. ex Maxim.
- Lactuca stolonifera (A.Gray) Benth. & Hook.f.
- Lactuca stolonifera var. sinuata Makino
- Lactuca stolonifera var. stolonifera
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Grrewa, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.