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Asteraceae

Lactuca macrophylla (Willd.) A.Gray

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Lactuca

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Lactuca macrophylla: Common Blue Sow-thistle
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (6)
Dutch
Grote bergsla
Estonian
Suurelehine soosalat
Finnish
Isosinivalvatti, Tarhasinivalvatti, Uralinisosinivalvatti
Norwegian Bokmål
Kjempeturt
Russian
Цицербита уральская
Swedish
Parksallat

Synonyms

  • Agathyrsus cacaliifolius (M.Bieb.) D.Don
  • Agathyrsus cacaliifolius (M.Bieb.) Sweet
  • Agathyrsus macrophyllus (Willd.) Sweet
  • Agathyrsus macrophyllus (Willd.) L.C.Beck
  • Cephalorrhynchus freyniana Bornm.
  • Cicerbita acuminata (Conrath & Freyn ex Freyn) Grossh.
  • Cicerbita cacaliifolia (M.Bieb.) Grossh.
  • Cicerbita conrathiana Beauverd
  • Cicerbita freyniana Bornm.
  • Cicerbita gmelinii Beauverd
  • Cicerbita grandis (K.Koch) Schchian
  • Cicerbita macrophylla (Willd.) Wallr.
  • Cicerbita macrophylla subsp. macrophylla
  • Cicerbita macrophylla subsp. uralensis (Rouy) P.D.Sell
  • Cicerbita madatapensis Gagnidze
  • Cicerbita sevanensis Kirp.
  • Cicerbita uralensis (Rouy) Beauverd
  • Galathenium macrophyllum (Willd.) Nutt.
  • Lactuca macrophylla subsp. uralensis (Rouy) N.Kilian & Greuter
  • Lactuca madatapensis (Gagnidze) N.Kilian & Greuter
  • Mulgedium acuminatum Conrath & Freyn ex Freyn
  • Mulgedium cacaliifolium (M.Bieb.) DC.
  • Mulgedium cacaliifolium var. cacaliifolium
  • Mulgedium cacaliifolium var. genuinum Ledeb.
  • Mulgedium cacaliifolium var. giganteum Ledeb.
  • Mulgedium glabrum (K.Koch) K.Koch
  • Mulgedium grande K.Koch
  • Mulgedium grande var. glabrum K.Koch
  • Mulgedium grande var. grande
  • Mulgedium hispidum (Ledeb.) DC.
  • Mulgedium lazicum Boiss.
  • Mulgedium macrophyllum (Willd.) DC.
  • Mulgedium macrophyllum var. glabrum (K.Koch) Boiss.
  • Mulgedium macrophyllum var. hispidum (Ledeb.) Korsh.
  • Mulgedium macrophyllum var. macrophyllum
  • Mulgedium uralense Rouy
  • Prenanthes cacaliifolia (M.Bieb.) Beauverd
  • Sonchus cacaliifolius M.Bieb.
  • Sonchus cordifolius Desf.
  • Sonchus hispidus Ledeb.

and 2 more.

Flowers

In flower
June to August (from 97 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

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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.