Prickly Lettuce / خس الحمار / خس بري /

اخسيسة / خس / خس منشاري / خَسّ الزيت /

Lactuca serriola L.

Edibility and usage

Edibility
Delicious
Edible part
  • Leaves
  • Sprouts
Preparation
  • Boiled
  • Cooked with olive oil
  • Salads
Blooming period
July to October
Foraging period
June to July
Seed collection period
August to October

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • Cream
  • Yellow
Leaf type
  • Dissected
  • Entire
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Lactuca
Family
Asteraceae
Wikidata item
Q533481
GBIF Item
Lactuca serriola L. (3140490)
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least concern

References

  1. Wikipedia contributors. (2022, July 16). Lactuca serriola. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 09:45, August 31, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lactuca_serriola&oldid=1098606715
  2. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  3. Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
  4. Crowfoot, Grace Mary Hood. From Cedar to Hyssop; a Study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine. London, Sheldon Press; New York and Toronto, The Macmillan Co., 1932.
  5. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  6. Łuczaj, Łukasz, Marijana Zovko Končić, Tihomir Miličević, Katija Dolina, and Marija Pandža. “Wild Vegetable Mixes Sold in the Markets of Dalmatia (Southern Croatia).” Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 9, no. 1 (January 3, 2013): 2.
  7. Hadas, Rivka, and Alexandra Sirota. “An Overview of the Goals and Functions of the Israeli Gene Bank for Agricultural Crops.” Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 54, no. 3 (January 1, 2006): 149–56.

Citation

Lactuca serriola L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/535 accessed via barari.org on 4/7/2026.

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