Asteraceae
Lactuca inermis
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Lactuca
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- خس غير شائك, قات الرعيان, خس حبشي, خس يمني
- ff
- Kaaɗe kaɗɗe
Synonyms
- Lactuca abyssinica Fresen.
- Lactuca capensis Thunb.
- Lactuca capensis var. capensis
- Lactuca capensis var. duruensis De Wild.
- Lactuca capensis var. myriocephala Dethier
- Lactuca hochstetteri (A.Rich.) Sch.Bip. ex Oliv. & Hiern
- Lactuca hochstetteri Sch.Bip.
- Lactuca hochstetteri (A.Rich.) Sch.Bip. ex Oliv. & Hiern
- Lactuca hochstetteri var. hochstetteri
- Lactuca hochstetteri var. humilis (Sch.Bip.) Oliv. & Hiern
- Lactuca holophylla Baker
- Lactuca humilis Sch.Bip.
- Lactuca inermis var. inermis
- Lactuca inermis var. myriocephala (Dethier) Lawalrée
- Lactuca kenyaensis Stebbins
- Lactuca lebrunii Robyns
- Lactuca leptocephala Stebbins
- Lactuca pallidicoerulea Dinter
- Lactuca rariflora Fresen.
- Lactuca seretii De Wild.
- Lactuca vanderystii De Wild.
- Lactuca yemensis Deflers
- Prenanthes chondrilloides Vahl
- Pyrrhopappus hochstetteri A.Rich.
- Pyrrhopappus humilis A.Rich.
- Scorzonera capensis Thunb.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April, September to January (from 143 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: alanbedfordshaw, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: alanbedfordshaw, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michelle Tedder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hildegard Klein, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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). About our plant data.