help about wild lectuce forms...

[VINS]

hello

this summers i saw lot of wild lettuce but i don't know which is the lactuca virosa, serriola....etc

if someone know this kind of plants, i have some pictures for a good identification.

thank you to sab communauty in advance

Vin's

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[WarpedAstro]

Hey Vin,

maybe you should check out SAB's products, it might have some pictures to help your starting point.... I have only seen the Wild Opium Lettuce but not the others...apart from your normal lettuce you get from your supermarket

[Torsten]

what colour is the seed?? virosa is deep black (the only black one I know). Serriola and most culinary lettuces are beige to brown.

[VINS]

can i send picture to forum ? for now, i havn'tgot the plant, i just take picture of it.

[theobromos]

The serriola smells of very strong bitter lettuce. The virosa smells of opium.

[theobromos]

Err, when a stem is broken.

[VINS]

thank you again theobromos, it's the second forum question you answer me !

but i can't remenber exactly the smell off the plant and for now i havn't got it.

i think it was more the smell off fresh poppy-latex than the smell off opium.

[sascacheuan]

here you can see a good image of lactuca serriola.

lactuca

one difference between l.V. and l.S. are the tips of leaves.

Virosa has a round tips and serriola has sharp leave tip.

[This message has been edited by sascacheuan (edited 31 August 2002).]

[VINS]

i 'll send you picture

[Torsten]

Originally posted by VIN'S:

i 'll send you picture

can you upload it to the web and show us all??

[VINS]

of course, with pleasure but

how to do that, chief ?

[VINS]

hello sascacheuan,torsten,

did you identified this lettuce with the pictures?

[Torsten]

sorry, no, but maybe someone else can. It didn't look like my virosa did.

[sascacheuan]

it is the same lactuca that i can see growing where i live.

the following days i am going to make some opium lettuce from her buds, if i get some positive result i will post here.

[VINS]

i read that the hemp of virosa is with air in the center.but i am not sure of this .

[VINS]

sorry for the english of my last reply.

i wanted to said:lactuca had a hollow stem.

i read this but i am not sure.

[Torsten]

I thought all lettuces have hollow stems....

[VINS]

hye Torsten

i didn't know that.

maybe all lettuce have some but not all the asteracée.

[waterdragon]

another method of distinguishing the virosa from the serriola is to put the seedlings out into the frost. apparently the virosa is not affected by frost.

[planthelper]

lactuca virosa realy reeks strong,and

sickening like when dry. once u smelled

one never forgets it sence, yuk.

[VINS]

i am really not sure that it is a good methode for identification to use my noze.

for me all the fresh cutting of asteracée have the same smell.

i made a tea with but no result...

i don't know what thinking about this plant.