FOOD RESOURCE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
LACTUCA ALPINA Compositae, MOUNTAIN SOW-THISTLE
Hedrick, U.P. editor. 1919. Sturtevant's Notes on Edible Plants. Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for the Year 1919 II. Albany, J.B Lyon Company, State Printers. [References Available]
Is a plant in Europe. The stem, which is milky, is peeled and eaten raw by the Laplanders; the taste is extremely bitter.