Prickly lettuce

Lactuca serriola

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Lactuca serriola, also called prickly lettuce, milk thistle (not to be confused with Silybum marianum, also called milk thistle) compass plant, and scarole, is an annual or biennial plant in the dandelion tribe within the daisy family. It has a slightly fetid odor and is commonly considered a weed of orchards, roadsides and field crops. It is the closest wild relative of cultivated lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.).

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  1. (c) George F Mayfield, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/33397993@N05/3364663363
  2. (c) Andreas Rockstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/74738817@N07/36039139646/
  3. Jacob Sturm, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lactuca_serriola_Sturm45.jpg
  4. (c) .Bambo., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/bambolia/1677079712/
  5. (c) Andreas Rockstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/74738817@N07/28383614403/
  6. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactuca_serriola

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