Image of prickly lettuce
Description:
This is one of the commonest weeds of the world. Few know that it is the progenitor of the edible lettuce and that its leaves are normally pointing to the north and south - a natural compass ! Thus avoiding high radiation on lreaf surface and loosing less water.
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- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Archaeplastida (plants)
- Chloroplastida
- Spermatophytes
- Angiosperms
- Eudicots
- Superasterids
- Asterids
- Asterales
- Asteraceae (composite family)
- Lactuca (lettuce)
- Lactuca serriola (prickly lettuce)
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- Ori Fragman-Sapir
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