Blue lettuce
Laitue vivace
Latin ‘lactuca’ means ‘milk’ referencing the abundant
milky white sap which freely flows from any wounds in the plant. The sap
contains lactucarium, which is used as a digestive aid, diuretic, and sedative
Present in most of central and southern Europe, it is a common plant on sunny, rocky soils; prefers calcerous
soils
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In Situ, 5.17.13, Lacoste valley
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Jacob Sturm illustration, 1796
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