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Asteraceae

Purple lettuce

Prenanthes purpurea L.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Prenanthes

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Purple lettuce: Prenanthes purpurea (Prénanthe pourpre) Photo prise à Rabouillet en juillet 2004 Jean Tosti 09/2004
Photo: The original uploader was Jeantosti at French Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.