Lapsana communis.

Lapsana communis Linn. Compositae. Nipplewort.

Europe, Orient, northern Asia and naturalized in America. The young leaves in the spring have the taste of radishes and are eaten at Constantinople as a salad. In some parts of England, the common people boil them as greens, but they have a bitter and not agreeable taste.

Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.