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Read more about Tall Blue Lettuce at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lactuca biennis
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lactuca biennis
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-07-006:
Lactuca biennis
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
COMMON NAME:
Tall Blue Lettuce
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_lactuca_biennis1
August Moore County NC
Flowers typically blue, but yellow in one form. Panicle branches short, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.