Lapsana communis

Linnaeus

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Common name (English)

Nippleworts

Ηabitat

C2 Running waters

I1 Arable

X25 Domestic gardens (rural)

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Habitat detail

"Specimens from Cyprus: Saittas Agricultural Station, house garden, 1990, Hadjikyriakou 898 [2]; Prodromos, margins of apple grooves, 1998, Makris in Hadjikyriakou 3659 [2] and Hadjikyriakou 3661 [2]" (Hadjikyriakou et al. 2004).

"Division 2: Kalopanagiotis, by Setrachos stream below Lampadistis bridge, close to Agios Irakleidios site, shaded place, alt. 656 m, 13.6.2018, R. Hand 8989 (B). Also seen in various places downstream in the wider Kalopanagiotis area. It seems to be spreading in the central Troodos area since its first records described by Hadjikyriakou & al. (2004)" (Hand 2019).

Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Alien: Naturalized non-invasive.

Pathway

2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Hortiulture – Hort

3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Seed contaminant – Seed

TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY

Pathway detail

CBD pathways per EASIN (2023).

References

Hadjikyriakou G, Makris C, Christofides Y, Alziar G (2004) Additions to the flora of Cyprus. Le Journal de Botanique de la Societe de botanique de France 27: 31-46.

Hand R (2019) Further noteworthy records of vascular plants in Cyprus (1997–2018) and some status clarifications. Cypricola 12: 1-17.

EASIN (2023) European Commission Joint Research Centre: European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN). https://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/