Lactuca indica

Lactuca indica, Indian lettuce, is a species of plant in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family. It is native to western China (Xinjiang, Tibet), the Himalayas, and southwest Asia as far west as Turkey. It is widely introduced elsewhere, even as far as east Africa, and is thought to be an archaeophyte in Japan, brought in with rice cultivation.

Lactuca indica

Lactuca indica, Indian lettuce, is a species of plant in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family. It is native to western China (Xinjiang, Tibet), the Himalayas, and southwest Asia as far west as Turkey. It is widely introduced elsewhere, even as far as east Africa, and is thought to be an archaeophyte in Japan, brought in with rice cultivation.