Cicerbita alpina

Cicerbita alpina
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Cicerbita
Species:	C. alpina
Binomial name
	Cicerbita alpina; (L.) Wallr. 1822
Synonyms
	Synonymy Lactuca alpina (L.) A. Gray ; Mulgedium alpinum (L.) Less. ; Sonchus alpinus L. 1753 ; Aracium alpinum (L.) Monnier ; Geracium alpinum (L.) Gren. & Godr. ; Hieracium coeruleum Scop. ; Mulgedium multiflorum DC. ; Picridium alpinum (L.) Philippe ; Sonchus alpestris Clairv. ; Sonchus canadensis L. ; Sonchus coeruleus Sm. ; Sonchus montanus Lam. ; Sonchus multiflorus Desf. ; Sonchus pallidus Torr. 1826 not Willd. 1803 ; Sonchus racemosus Lam. ;

Cicerbita alpina, commonly known as the alpine sow-thistle or alpine blue-sow-thistle is a perennial herbaceous species of plant formerly placed in the genus Lactuca as Lactuca alpina. It is native to upland and mountainous parts of Europe.

It was once used as an herb in Sami cooking, and known as jierja.