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[[File:Lactuca serriola.jpg|thumb|right|''Lactuca serriola'', ''prickly lettuce'']]
'''Lactuca serriola''' is an annual or biennial plant in the dandelion tribe within the daisy family. It has a slightly fetid odor and is commonly considered a weed of orchards, roadsides and field crops. Lactuca serriola is known as the compass plant because in the Sun the upper leaves twist round to hold their margins upright.[[Western ghats]]
==Uses==
{{Uses|Cardiac paralysis}}, {{Uses|Chronic catarrh}}, {{Uses|CoughsCough}}, {{Uses|Swollen liver}}, {{Uses|Flatulence}}, {{Uses|Urinary tractinfection}}, {{Uses|Ailments}}.
==Parts Used==
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple||lobed Lobed or unlobed but not separated into leaflets and Leaf arrangement is alternate}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|blue Blue to purple, and yellow|5-20|the The flower head has ray flowers only, meaning all of the individual flowers of the flower head have a strap-shaped ray}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Simple|7–10|at At least a part of the plume is made up of fine bristles|Tuft or plume on fruit|manyMany}}
===Other features===
==How to plant/cultivate==
Prefers a light sandy loam in a sunny position. Germination is faily quick.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Kompassla 08-07-2006 9.38.10.JPG|flowers
File:Kompassla 08-07-2006 9.38.20.JPG|close up of 1 flower
File:Kompassla 06-07-2006 13.11.56.JPG|cluster of buds
File:Kompassla 06-07-2006 13.12.04.JPG|plant
File:20160824Lactuca serriola2.jpg|Seeds
</gallery>
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2013/304394/ "Chemicals"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/lactuca/serriola/ "plant Plant charecteristics"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://www.pfaf.org/User/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Lactuca+serriola "Cultivation details"]</ref>
</references>
* [http://www.luontoportti.com/suomi/en/kukkakasvit/prickly-lettuce Lactuca serriola on nature gate.org]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Asteraceae]]
