Lactuca kashmiriana Mamgain & Rao in J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 83: 406-408. 1986.

Herbs, perennial; stems 60 - 80 cm high, erect, glabrous, paniculately branched above. Leaves many from base 4 - 5 x 3 - 5 cm; lower and upper middle leaves, cordate or deltoid, membranous, with long and winged petiole; upper most ovate or hastate, sharply serrate. Inflorescence paniculately branched. Heads on terminal branches, 13 - 14 x 1 - 2.5 mm drooping; peduncle small, slender, glabrous. Outer involucral bracts ovate, 1 - 1.5 x 0.5 - 1 mm inner, linear-lanceolate, 13 - 14 x 2 - 2.5 mm. Ligules purple, or blue. Achenes pale yellowish-brown, oblanceolate, 6 - 6.5 mm long, gradually narrowed to a long beak, 11 - 12-ribbed. Pappus pale whitish, 4 - 5 mm long.

Fl. & Fr. Sept.- Nov.

Distrib. India: W. Himalayas, on moist shady slopes in high elevation, 2500-4000 m. Jammu & Kashmir.