Lactuca muralis

Lactuca muralis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Cichorioideae
Tribus: Cichorieae
Subtribus: Lactucinae
Genus: Lactuca
Species: Lactuca muralis

Name

Lactuca muralis (L.) Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2(3): t. 158 (1791)
Note: Although Gaertner did not refer to the basionym, his L. muralis has been presumed to be a comb. nov. (vide St. Louis Code Art. 33.2 & Shenzhen Code Art. 41.4) (IPNI, 2019)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Prenanthes muralis L., Sp. Pl.: 797 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Chondrilla muralis (L.) Lam., Fl. Franç. 2: 105 (1779).
  • Cicerbita muralis (L.) Wallr., Sched. Crit.: 436 (1822).
  • Mycelis muralis (L.) Dumort., Fl. Belg.: 60 (1827).
  • Lactuca muralis (L.) Fresen., Taschenb. Bot. Exkurs., ed. 2: 484 (1833), isonym
  • Lactuca muralis (L.) E.Mey., Chloris Han. 431 (1836), isonym
  • Phaenixopus muralis (L.) W.D.J.Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv.: 430 (1837).
  • Phoenicopus muralis (L.) Asch., Fl. Brandenburg 1(2): 380 (1864), orth. var.
  • Phaenopus muralis (L.) Bonnier & Layens, Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 187 (1894).
• Heterotypic
  • Phrenanthes muralis F.H.Wigg., Prim. Fl. Holsat. 56 (1780), orth. var.
  • Prenanthes parviflora Gilib., Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 233 (1782), opus utiq. oppr.
  • Prenanthes vulgaris Gueldenst., Reis. Russland 1: 113 (1787).
  • Hieracium pauciflorum Bernh., Syst. Verz. Erf.: 138 (1800), nom. nov.
  • Prenanthes erysimifolia Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1543 (1803).
    • Lactuca erysimifolia (Willd.) DC., Prodr. 7: 140 (1838).
    • Lapsana erysimifolia (Willd.) Thell., Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 56: 290 (1911 publ. 1912).
  • Chondrilla erysimifolia Poir., Encycl., Suppl. 2: 331 (1811).
  • Chondrilla ruderalis Gaertn. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot. 1: 191, 655 (1821), pro syn.
  • Mycelis angulosa Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 33: 484 (1824), nom. illeg. superfl.
  • Prenanthes multiflosculosa Nees, Comp. Fl. German. 2: 265 (1825).
  • Chondrilla muralis var. major Tinant, Fl. Luxemb.: 398 (1836).
  • Lactuca murorum Döll, Fl. Baden 2: 880 (1859), sphalm.
  • Lactuca atlantica Pomel, Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl.: 265 (1875).
  • Lactuca muralis f. integrifolia Beckh., Fl. Westfalen: 529 (1893).
    • Mycelis muralis f. integrifolia (Beckh.) Soó, Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16: 371 (1971).
  • Hieracium mycelis E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 14: 104 (1906), nom. illeg.
  • Mycelis muralis f. atropurpurea (Glaab) Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 6(2, Lief. 22–24): 1112 (1928).
  • Cicerbita muralis subsp. gaditana Mejías, Acta Bot. Malac. 40: 326 (2015).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland (introduced), Norway, Sweden. Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechia-Slovakia (Czechia, Slovakia), Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe Corse, France, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Sicilia, Türkiye-in-Europe, Northwest Balkan Peninsula (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia,). Regional: Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania), Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Gruziya). Regional: Western Asia Türkiye. Continental: Northern America (introduced) Regional: Western Canada British Columbia. Regional: Eastern Canada Ontario, Québec. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Oregon, Washington. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Minnesota. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Gaertner, J. 1790–1792 ["1791"]. De fructibus et seminibus plantarum. Volumen alterum, continens seminum centurias quinque posteriores cum tabulis aeneis CI. LII + 520 pp., tt. 80–180. Typis Guilielmi Henrici Schrammii, Tubingae [Tübingen]. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Lactuca muralis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Lactuca muralis. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 29 2019. Reference page.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Lactuca muralis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Nov 24. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Lactuca muralis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Mar. 2019. Reference page.
• Hand, R., Thieme, M. & collaborators 2026. Florenliste von Deutschland – Gefäßpflanzen, Version 16. June 2026. Founded by Karl Peter Buttler, published on the internet (https://www.florenliste-deutschland.de). Reference page. 
• Tela Botanica (ed.) 2000 onwards: Tela Botanica. Le réseau de la botanique francophone. eFlore. Lactuca muralis. Association Tela Botanica, Montpellier, France. Accessed: 2026 Jul 26.
• Hassler, M. 2026. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Lactuca muralis. Accessed: 26 Jul 2026. Reference page. 
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Lactuca muralis in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2026 Jul 26.Reference page.

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Mauerlattich
• English: Wall Lettuce
• suomi: Jänönsalatti
• français: Laitue des murailles
• lietuvių: Miškinė zuiksalotė
• polski: Sałatnik leśny

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