Annual to pauciennial herb ; uo to 50 cm high , with white latex . Stems ascending to erect , leafy , ± branched . Leaves up to 15 × 7 cm , obovate to lanceolate , sinuate-dentate to irregularly pinnatipartite , except for the basal ones distinctly auriculate . Inflorescences with few to several pedunculate capitula . Flowers bright yellow . Fruit achenes , 3–6 mm long , apically attenuate or with astout beak to 1/3 of the achene length , glabrous (the innermost ones) to densely papillose (the marginal) . Seeds pappus , 4–7 mm long , of downy hairs and bristles , or of bristles only and caducous . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Lactuca crassifolia Balf.f.
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*Ghazanfar, S. (2015). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.3: Loganiaceae – Asteraceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 9789082352511 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://www.jstor.org *Pickering, H. Patzelt, A. (2008). Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. ISBN 9781842461778. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
