Common name
English: Common nipplewort
German: Gewöhnlicher Rainkohl
Portuguese: Labresto
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2725)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2639)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2224)
Order: Asterales (230)
Family: Asteraceae (229)(family description)
Genus: Lapsana (1)
Epithet: communis L. (8)
Synonyms: Lampsana communis Juss., Lampsana communis L., Lapsana glandulosa (Freyn) Klokov, Lapsana pubescens Hornem.
communis => common, or growing in society
glandulosa => full of glands, glandular
pubescens => downy, slightly hairy
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow
External links
Check for Lapsana communis at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [16] Lapsana communis - Carl Axel Magnus Lindman: Bilder ur Nordens Flora (1901-1905)
- [50] Lapsana communis - Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz
- [588] Lapsana communis - Plants For A Future database
- [1779] Lapsana communis - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
Literature
- [17] Rothmaler, W. (1995): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Band 3, Gefäßpflanzen: Atlasband. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.