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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lactuca graminifolia var. graminifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
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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 north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
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 (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (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 north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
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
Habitat: Mesic to dry-mesic pine-oak woodlands and forests, longleaf pine sandhills, sandy fields, and sandy roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
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)
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Blue/Violet
Disc: Absent
Inferior ovary
Ray flowers bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Reddish-brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p394
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p134
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p095
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p175
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p088
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