Asteraceae
Purple lettuce
Prenanthes purpurea
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Prenanthes
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Common names
By language (8)
- Czech
- Věsenka nachová
- English
- Purple lettuce, Rattlesnake root
- French
- Prénanthe pourpre, Prénanthès
- German
- Purpur-Hasenlattich
- Polish
- Przenęt purpurowy
- Slovak
- Srnovník purpurový
- Spanish
- Ajonjera, Junquerina
- Turkish
- Mor eğikçiçek
Synonyms
- Chondrilla purpurea (L.) Lam.
- Chondrilla tenuifolia (L.) Lam.
- Prenanthes purpurea subsp. purpurea
- Prenanthes purpurea subsp. tenuifolia (L.) Arcang.
- Prenanthes purpurea var. angustifolia W.D.J.Koch
- Prenanthes purpurea var. corsica Rouy
- Prenanthes purpurea var. intermedia Rouy
- Prenanthes purpurea var. querciformis Murr
- Prenanthes purpurea var. tenuifolia (L.) St.-Lag.
- Prenanthes schlosseri Heuff.
- Prenanthes tenuifolia L.
- Prenanthes transsilvanica Schur
- Prenanthes wolfiana Schur
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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.