Lactuca viminea subsp. ramosissima (All.) Arcang.

Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Lactuca// Species: Lactuca viminea (L.) J. Presl & C. Presl// Subspecies: Lactuca viminea subsp. ramosissima (All.) Arcang.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Feráková (1976 in Tutin et al.).

Lifeform: Biennial. The first year of the life cycle is vegetative, characterized with basal rosette formation. The second year is generative, with stem formation, flowering, fruiting and senescence.

Distribution: Lactuca viminea is native to the Canary Islands, Northwest Africa, Europe to West Himalaya; Lactuca viminea subsp. ramosissima is native to the Mediterranean region according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Dry and open habitats- hill pastures, rocky terrains.

Flowering period: Summer to fall (JUL, AUG, SEP).

Locality: gorge of the Kochanska River. Date: 29.08.2021.

Lactuca viminea subsp. *ramosissima* – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: gorge of the Kochanska River. Date: 20.12.2020.

*Lactuca viminea* subsp. *ramosissima* – basal leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.12.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Feráková, V. 1976. Lactuca L. (incl. Scariola F. W. Schmidt). In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds), Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 328–331.

Lactuca viminea (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:228345-1 [Accessed 25.12.2021].

Lactuca viminea subsp. ramosissima (All.) Arcang. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77181389-1 [Accessed 21.04.2026].

Lactuca viminea subsp. ramosissima. Greuter, W. 2006+: Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von, Compositae. Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/a38a51c7-244b-4039-84b0-f1cdc02a61f2 [Accessed 21.04.2026].

Last update: 21.04.2026.

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