Fl. Per.: June – July                    Vern.: Nipplewort (Engl.)

Lectotype: Designated by P. D. Sell in Watsonia 13: 301. 1981. Described from W. Europe. Herb. Clifford: 389, Lapsana 1, sheet A (BM # 000646889).

NW Africa, Europe, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Russia, C. Asia, Pakistan, India; introduced in Australia.

Usually grows as a weed in fields, orchards, gardens in moist to semi-dry loamy or gravelly soils, upto 3000 m.

The milky juice of Nipplewort is said to be soothing to sensitive skin, particularly on the nipples of nursing mothers in America and Europe.

A-7 Chitral Dist.: Madaglasht, flower yellow, 40-50 cm tall, erect herb, 28.7.1976, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 6843 (KUH); Chitral Relief Expedition, 1895, Ziarat, 10,000 ft., 14.6.95, Serg. Lt., Harris 16301 (BM); B-7 Mansehra Dist.: Shogran, Kaghan Valley, 30.6.1953, S. M. Anwar Kazmi s. n. (KUH); Hazara Dist.: Siran Valley, 9.7.96, Inayat for Duthie 19873 (K); Hazara, Shogran-Papran, ± 7000 ft., 2.6. 1984, Y. Nasir 10898 (RAW);  C-7 Rawalpindi Dist.: Changla Gully, Murree Hills, 2400 m, July 1934, Mahindar Nath 432 (KUH); Baragali, Murree Hills, June 1907, H. Deane s. n (K); C-7 Kashmir: Gorai-Gores, 1.7.1919, R. R. & I. D. Stewart 4271 (KUH); ibid, Tragbal, 2700 m, 31.7.1919, R. R. & I. D. Stewart s. n. (KUH); ibid, Below Badwan, Kishanganga Valley, 2400 m, 20.7.1940, R. R. Stewart 19576 (KUH); Kashmir, region temp., 7 – 9000 ft.,  T. Thomson s. n. (K); Tragbol, 8000 ft. Kashmir, 19 July 1876, C. B. Clarke 29205 B (BM); Hispar, Kashmir, 8000 ft., 9 July 1876, C. B.Clarke 28656a (K).