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Asteraceae

Lactuca tuberosa Jacq.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Lactuca

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Lactuca tuberosa: Lactuca tuberosa - Tuberous Lettuce - Menashe hills חסה כחולת-פרחים (חסת הפקעות) - במורד לעמק השלום
Photo: איתן פרמן, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Arabic
خس درني, خس بصيلي, خس كريتي
Hebrew
חסה כחולת-פרחים

Synonyms

  • Agathyrsus sonchifolius (Willd.) Sweet
  • Lactuca cretica Desf.
  • Lactuca petraea DC.
  • Lactuca sonchifolia Willd.
  • Sonchus tuberosus L.
  • Steptorhamphus linczevskii Kirp.
  • Steptorhamphus petraeus (Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex DC.) Grossh.
  • Steptorhamphus tuberosus (Jacq.) Grossh.
  • Steptorhamphus tuberosus subsp. petraeus (Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex DC.) Takht.
  • Steptorhamphus tuberosus subsp. tuberosus
  • Wiestia tuberosa (Jacq.) Sch.Bip.

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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.