1892

Forb
Biennial
Has milky sap (latex)

Native to the Carolinas
Documented growing wild in - NC SC

Common (rare in SC)

Look for it in pastures, along roadsides, forest edges, thickets, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p384
• Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p174

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 (1968) 179-07-006:
Lactuca biennis   FAMILY Asteraceae_