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'''Lactuca serriola''', also called '''prickly lettuce, milk thistle''' (not to be confused with Silybum marianum, also called milk thistle) '''compass plant, and scarole''',<ref name="int"/> 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.

== Description Uses== Lactuca serriola has a spineless reddish stem{{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Cuts}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, {{Uses|Curing liver disorders}}, {{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, {{Uses|Blotches}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, containing a milky latex{{Uses|Diarrhea}}, growing from 30 to 200 cm (12 to 79 in).{{Uses|Sore throats}}<ref name="Uses"/>

The leaves get progressively smaller as they reach its top. They are oblong or lanceolate==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Dried Folaige}}, often pinnate and (especially for the lower leaves), waxy grey green. Fine spines are present along the veins and leaf edges. The undersides have whitish veins. They emit latex when cut{{Parts Used|Whole herb}}.

The flower heads are 11 to 13 mm (0.43 to 0.51 in) wide==Chemical Composition==Contains volatile oils, flavonoids, apigenin, luteolin, quercetin, kaempferol, pale yellowtiliroside, often tinged purpletriterpene glycosides including euscapic acid and tormentic acid, with 12-20 ray flowers but no disc flowers. The bracts are also often tinged purple. It flowers from July until September. The achenes are greyphenolic acids, tipped with bristles. The pappus is white with equal length hairs.and 3%–21% tannins<ref name="deschemical composition"/>

== Uses Common names=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Agrimony}}

*Lactuca serriola can be eaten as a salad, although it has something of a bitter taste. Young leaves can be eaten raw or cooked.<ref name="uses"/>=Properties==*The Ancient Greeks also believed its pungent juice to be a remedy against eye ulcers and Pythagoreans called the lettuce eunuch because it caused urination and relaxed sexual desireReference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.*It is used by a growing number of Jews and the Samaritans as the Maror (bitter herb) on Pesach.(Clarification needed) ===Dravya===

==Common name=Rasa===

== References =Veerya===

===Vipaka=== ===Karma=== ===Prabhava=== ==Habit=={{Habit|Herb}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple||The leaves are divided into 3-6 toothed leaflets, with smaller leaflets in between}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|Yellow|5-20|Flowers Season is June - August}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit||7–10 mm (0.28–0.4 in.) long pome|clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown|With hooked hairs|}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==Easily grown in most soils, preferring a calcareous soil. Thrives in a dry lightly shaded position, though it prefers full sun.Plants usually self-sow quite freely when growing in a suitable position. The seeds are contained in burrs that can easily attach themselves to clothing or animal's fur, thus transporting them to a new area where they can germinate and grow.The cultivar 'Sweet scented' is popular in France for making tea because the whole plant is sweet scented and the flowers have a spicy apricot-like fragrance<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Tall grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|meadows}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and fields}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Odermennig.jpgFile:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpgImage:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg</gallery> ==References== <references><ref name="intchemical composition">[https://npgswebwww.ars-grinsciencedirect.govcom/gringlobalscience/taxonomydetail.aspxarticle/pii/S0378874112006393?21365 via%3Dihub "GRIN Taxonomysciencedirect"]</ref> <ref name="desLeaf">[https://web.archive.org/web/20131226161459/http://www.efloraswildflowers-guide.orgcom/florataxon39-agrimony.aspx?flora_idhtml "wayback machine"]</ref> <ref name=1&taxon_id=242328083 Flora of North America, Lactuca serriola Linnaeus, Cent"Uses">[http://www. Pl. II. 29. 1756homeremediess.com/agrimonia-eupatoria-medicinal-uses-and-images/ "traditional medicine"]</ref> <ref name="usesHow to plant/cultivate">[http://www.survivalpracticalplants.org.au/bf_lactuca_serriola.php wiki/Agrimonia_eupatoria "Lactuca serriolapractical palnts"]</ref>

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