Wild Opium Lettuce (Lactuca virosa) seeds

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Wild Opium Lettuce (Lactuca virosa) seeds

Contents: Approx. 50 seeds
Open-pollinated variety, seed tested regularly

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SKU: LAC02

GTIN: 4250601202532

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Since Antiquity, wild opium lettuce has been used as a medicinal opium substitute. The dried milk-sap or boiled leaves of this wild lettuce are mildly narcotic, traditionally serving as a home remedy for coughs.

Plant description

Species:	Asteraceae
Root system:	Taproot
Flower colour:	Yellow
Lifecycle:	Annual Biennial
Flowering months:	July August September
Eventual height:	1-3 m

Growing advice

Sunlight:	Shade Full sun
Sowing depth:	0.5 cm
Planting distance:	40 cm
Row spacing:	50 cm
Germination time:	1-2 weeks
Germination temperature:	10-18°C
When to sow outdoors:	March April

Opium lettuce is an annual or hardy biennial which can grow up to 2m high in sunny locations. Sow seeds broadcast in spring outdoors and only just cover the seed. Germination is usually quick at warm temperatures.

Other names

Botanical name:	Lactuca virosa
German names:	Wilder Lattich, Stinklattich, Stinksalat, Giftsalat
French names:	Laitue Vireuse, Laitue Sauvage
Spanish names:	Cardo de Leche, Cardo Lechal, Cardo Lechar Bravo, Cerraya, Escoba, Hierba Lechera, Lactucario, Lechacino, Lechara, Lechariega, Lecherina Brava, Lecherín, Lechuga Asnal, Lechuga Borde, Lechuga Brava, Lechuga de Asnos, Lechuga Espinosa, Lechuga Montés, Lechuga Ponzoñosa,Lechuga Silvestre, Lechuga Venenosa, Lechuga Virosa, Lechugueta, Liteira, Rasposa, Serrallón, Serraya
Italian names:	Lattuga Velenosa

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Wild Opium Lettuce (Lactuca virosa) seeds

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