Wall Lettuce - Mycelis muralis
Leaves soft, pinnately lobed, toothed with a large triangular end lobe, the upper leaves clasping the stem. Flower heads small, pale yellow, 7 to 8 mm in a lax panicle, each with only 5 rayed florets.
Walls, waste ground, dry rocky places.
June to September.
Perennial.
Widespread but local throughout Britain.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 11 of the 617 tetrads.
Peter Smith
Welford Road, Leicester
10 August 2012
Graham Calow
Wellington Street Leicester
28 June 2012
Saharima Roenisch
Leicester, Belgrave, St. Peters Churchyard
29 May 2020
Peter Smith
Welford Road, Leicester
10 August 2012
David Gould
Abbey Park, Leicester
25 October 2017
Melinda Bell
Ashby,South Street
31 August 2019
Saharima Roenisch
Leicester, Belgrave, St. Peters Churchyard
29 May 2020
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Species profile
- Common names
- Wall Lettuce
- Species group:
- Wildflowers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Asterales
- Family:
- Asteraceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 24
- First record:
- 28/06/2012 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 20/12/2020 (Smith, Peter)
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Graham Calow
Wellington Street Leicester
28 June 2012
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Saharima Roenisch
Leicester, Belgrave, St. Peters Churchyard
29 May 2020
Barbara Cooper
Goadby Marwood
10 June 2018
David Gould
Abbey Park, Leicester
25 October 2017
Melinda Bell
Ashby,South Street
31 August 2019
Saharima Roenisch
Leicester, Belgrave, Belgrave Hall Gardens
29 May 2020
