Seasonal Wild Flowers

Wall Lettuce

Mycelis muralis

Asteraceae

June to September

It grows everywhere apart from parts of the East Midlands,

Essex, and the far Southwest.

See the BSBI distribution map for Wall Lettuce

It grows in shaded habitats such as rocks, banks, woodland

margins and walls.

Wall Lettuce is a native, perennial herb, growing up to

1.5m.

Flowers are yellow, up to 8mm across, with separated

petals.

They are on a loose mesh of flowering stems.

The lower leaves are jaggedly, pinnately lobed, with

the terminal triangular lobe bigger than the others.

Upper leaves are less lobed, more linear and clasp

the stem

Lower leaves are green through the winter.

Wall Lettuce resembles Nipplewort in habit, but the

leaves and flower buds are completely different.

Previous page: Walnut
Next page: Water Chickweed

Wall Lettuce flowerheads -

Lancaster Canal

Closer view of flowerheads

Flower buds

Upper leaves clasping stem

Jaggedly-lobed lower leaves