Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lactuca floridana
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Woodland Lettuce at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lactuca floridana var. floridana
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Lactuca floridana var. villosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-07-007:
Lactuca floridana
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
COMMON NAME:
Woodland Lettuce
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JK Marlow jkm190801_0359
August Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Most Lactuca species are highly variable in leaf lobing, per Weakley's Flora (2018).
Dan Whitten sdw_bigbluelettuce
August Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Stem 2" thick and easily 12' tall! (for comparison the walking stick is 5'6").
Dan Whitten sdw_blueflowers
August Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
The pistils' 2-cleft styles indicate that they are functional, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm120914_856
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaves dissected or unlobed; lanceolate, elliptic to triangular-ovate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm120914_859
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
The stems are sometimes reddish and the leaves are not clasping, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm120914_862
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Panicle diffuse, to 80cm long & about as broad, the branches long & spreading, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm120914_867
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Heads cylindric or tapering inward toward apex. Bracts imbricate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of Wild Lettuce
JK Marlow jkm120914_889
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Fewer ray flowers than L. biennis (11-17 per head), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm120914_896
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Pappus white, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lactuca floridana
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lactuca floridana var. floridana
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Lactuca floridana var. villosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-07-007:
Lactuca floridana
FAMILY
Asteraceae_