苦荬菜属菊科莴苣属,原为野生植物,经多年驯化选育,现已成为栽培的青饲料作物。河北、湖北、安徽、江苏、内蒙等省均广泛种植。我省于1977年从河北省引进苦荬菜,分别在召源、林甸、绥化和齐市等地进行试种,结果均表现为产量高、品质好,茎 Sago is a member of Asteraceae genus Lactuca, originally wild plants, after years of domestication and breeding, has now become a cultivation of green fodder crops. Hebei, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Inner Mongolia and other provinces are widely planted. The province introduced the bitter gourd vegetable from Hebei province in 1977, and conducted trial planting in Zhaoyuan, Lindian, Suihua and Qiqihar etc. The results showed that the yield was high and the quality was good.