Cicerbita alpina

Cicerbita alpina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cicerbita
Species:
C. alpina
Binomial name
Cicerbita alpina
(L.) Wallr. 1822
Synonyms[3]
Synonymy
  • Lactuca alpina (L.) A. Gray
  • Mulgedium alpinum (L.) Less.
  • Sonchus alpinus L. 1753
  • Aracium alpinum (L.) Monnier
  • Geracium alpinum (L.) Gren. & Godr.
  • Hieracium coeruleum Scop.
  • Mulgedium multiflorum DC.
  • Picridium alpinum (L.) Philippe
  • Sonchus alpestris Clairv.
  • Sonchus canadensis L.
  • Sonchus coeruleus Sm.
  • Sonchus montanus Lam.
  • Sonchus multiflorus Desf.
  • Sonchus pallidus Torr. 1826 not Willd. 1803[2]
  • Sonchus racemosus Lam.

Cicerbita alpina, commonly known as the alpine sow-thistle or alpine blue-sow-thistle[4] is a perennial herbaceous species of plant sometimes placed in the genus Cicerbita of the family Asteraceae, and sometimes placed in the genus Lactuca as Lactuca alpina.[5] It is native to upland and mountainous parts of Europe.

It was once used as an herb in Sami cooking, and known as jierja.[6]

  1. ^ Collett, L. & Korpelainen, H. (2017). "Lactuca alpina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  2. ^ The International Plant Names Index
  3. ^ The Plant List, Lactuca alpina (L.) A.Gray
  4. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  5. ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist [permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Nilsson, Lena Maria; Dahlgren, Lars; Johansson, Ingegerd; Brustad, Magritt; Sjölander, Per; Guelpen, Bethany Van (18 February 2011). "Diet and lifestyle of the Sami of southern Lapland in the 1930s–1950s and today". International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 70 (3): 301–318. doi:10.3402/ijch.v70i3.17831. hdl:10037/4081. ISSN 2242-3982. PMID 21631968.