Prickly Lettuce / خس الحمار / / خس بري

خَسّ الزيت / اخسيسة / خس / خس منشاري

Lactuca serriola L.

Wikidata

Edibility and Usage

Edibility

Delicious

Edible part

Leaves
Sprouts

Preparation

Boiled
Cooked with olive oil
Salads

Blooming period

July to October

Foraging period

June to July

Seed collection period

August to October

Description

Perenniality

Annual

Petal colour

Cream
Yellow

Leaf type

Dissected
Entire

Life form

Annual

Scientifc data

Genus

Lactuca

Family

Asteraceae

Wikidata item

Q533481

GBIF Item

Lactuca serriola L. (3140490)

Conservation status (IUCN)

Least concern

References

Wikipedia contributors. (2022, July 16). Lactuca serriola. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 09:45, August 31, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lactuca_serriola&oldid=1098606715
Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
Crowfoot, Grace Mary Hood. From Cedar to Hyssop; a Study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine. London, Sheldon Press; New York and Toronto, The Macmillan Co., 1932.
Łuczaj, Łukasz, Marijana Zovko Končić, Tihomir Miličević, Katija Dolina, and Marija Pandža. “Wild Vegetable Mixes Sold in the Markets of Dalmatia (Southern Croatia).” Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 9, no. 1 (January 3, 2013): 2.
Hadas, Rivka, and Alexandra Sirota. “An Overview of the Goals and Functions of the Israeli Gene Bank for Agricultural Crops.” Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 54, no. 3 (January 1, 2006): 149–56.

Citation

Lactuca serriola L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/535 accessed via barari.org on 7/21/2026.