Common Blue-sow-thistle (Cicerbita macrophylla)

Common Blue-sow-thistle, a reference photo — Photo: Mike Pennington · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Cicerbita macrophylla (synonym Lactuca macrophylla), commonly known as common blue-sow-thistle, 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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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Common Blue-sow-thistle being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Cicerbita racemosa
Lactuca plumieri
Cicerbita prenanthoides

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cicerbita
Species: Cicerbita macrophylla

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