Lactuca serriola
Prickly Lettuce aka Alley Lettuce
Mediterranean

Weed of gardens, uncultivated land and roadsides.
 
 
 
Stiff prickles on the underside of the midrib of the leaf distinguishes it from other species of Lactuca.
 

 

Hybridizes freely with lettuce (Lactuca sativa).

 

 
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