NameThatPlant.net: Lactuca graminifolia var. graminifolia

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Lactuca graminifolia var. graminifolia FAMILY Asteraceae_ NEW! Click to go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Lactuca at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lactuca graminifolia var. graminifolia FAMILY Asteraceae_

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Lactuca graminifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-07-005:
Lactuca graminifolia FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lactuca graminifolia

COMMON NAME:
Coastal Plain Lettuce, Slender Wild Lettuce, Grassleaf Lettuce

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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_l_graminifolia_gramin

May Dare County NC

Leaves mostly basal, up to 1' long but less than 1/4" wide, frequently lobed, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Lactuca graminifolia var. graminifolia FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lactuca graminifolia var. graminifolia FAMILY Asteraceae_

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Lactuca graminifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-07-005:
Lactuca graminifolia FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lactuca graminifolia

1894

Forb
Biennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

Habitat: Mesic to dry-mesic pine-oak woodlands and forests, longleaf pine sandhills, sandy fields, and sandy roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

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

LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Blue/Violet
Disc: Absent
Ray flowers bisexual
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Reddish-brown
Achene

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