NameThatPlant.net: Lactuca saligna

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lactuca saligna FAMILY Asteraceae_ Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Willowleaf Lettuce at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lactuca saligna FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-07-002:

Lactuca saligna FAMILY Asteraceae_

COMMON NAME:
Willowleaf Lettuce

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lactuca saligna FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lactuca saligna FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-07-002:
Lactuca saligna FAMILY Asteraceae_

1895

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed ground, perhaps associated with circumneutral soils, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Rare or waif(s) in GA-NC-SC; more common northward

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaf midrib smooth or remotely spinulose below

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Absent
Inferior ovary
Ray flowers bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene

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