Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lactuca sativa
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lactuca sativa
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lactuca sativa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Lactuca sativa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lactuca sativa
COMMON NAME:
Garden Lettuce
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lactuca sativa
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lactuca sativa
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lactuca sativa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Lactuca sativa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lactuca sativa
4930
Forb
Annual/Biennial
Habitat: Cultivated throughout our area in home gardens and commercially, rarely weakly persistent, common as a cultivated plant, rare as a short-lived waif, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Waif(s)
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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Absent
Inferior ovary
Ray flowers bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Achene
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