Cicerbita macrophylla

Cicerbita macrophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Spermatophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Cicerbita
Species:	C. macrophylla
Binomial name
	Cicerbita macrophylla; (Willd.) Wallr.
Synonyms
	List Agathyrsus macrophyllus (Willd.) Beck; Galathenium macrophyllum (Willd.) Nutt.; Hieracium cicerbita E.H.L.Krause; Lactuca macrophylla (Willd.) A.Gray; Mulgedium macrophyllum (Willd.) DC.; Sonchus macrophyllus Willd.;

Cicerbita macrophylla (synonym Lactuca macrophylla),¹ commonly known as common blue-sow-thistle,² is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to central and east European Russia, Iran, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus and Turkey.

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References

Stace, C. A. (2010). New Flora of the British Isles (Third ed.). Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. p. 711. ISBN 9780521707725.
"Common Blue-sow-thistle (Lactuca macrophylla)". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2017-08-02.

[Stace-1] Stace, C. A. (2010). New Flora of the British Isles (Third ed.). Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. p. 711. ISBN 9780521707725.

[LM101-2] "Common Blue-sow-thistle (Lactuca macrophylla)". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2017-08-02.

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