Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Asteraceae

Genus:

Lactuca

Species:

Lactuca inermis var. inermis

Native Range

East Tropical Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan-South Sudan, South Tropical Africa: Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa: Cape Provinces, Eswat, West Tropical Africa: Benin, Burkina, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Togo, West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gulf of Guinea Is.