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Common Name: Prickly Lettuce
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lactuca serriola FAMILY: Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lactuca serriola FAMILY: Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lactuca scariola 179-07-001 FAMILY: Asteraceae_
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed ground, pastures
Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Non-native: Europe
Common Name: Willowleaf Lettuce
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lactuca saligna FAMILY: Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lactuca saligna FAMILY: Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lactuca saligna 179-07-002 FAMILY: Asteraceae_
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed ground, perhaps associated with circumneutral soils
Rare or waif(s) in GA-NC-SC; more common northward
Non-native: Europe
Common Name: American Wild Lettuce, Canada Lettuce
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lactuca canadensis FAMILY: Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lactuca canadensis FAMILY: Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lactuca canadensis 179-07-003 FAMILY: Asteraceae_
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed ground
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Red Wood Lettuce, Downy Lettuce, Hairy Lettuce
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Lactuca hirsuta FAMILY: Asteraceae_
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Lactuca hirsuta var. sanguinea FAMILY: Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lactuca hirsuta 179-07-004 FAMILY: Asteraceae_
Habitat: Dry, sandy woodlands, forest edges
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Coastal Plain Lettuce, Slender Wild Lettuce, Grassleaf Lettuce
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 Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lactuca graminifolia 179-07-005 FAMILY: Asteraceae_
Habitat: Mesic to dry-mesic pine-oak woodlands and forests, longleaf pine sandhills, sandy fields, and sandy roadsides
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Tall Blue Lettuce, Blue Wood Lettuce
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lactuca biennis FAMILY: Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lactuca biennis FAMILY: Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lactuca biennis 179-07-006 FAMILY: Asteraceae_
Habitat: Pastures, roadsides, forest edges, thickets
Common in NC (rare elsewhere in GA & SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Woodland Lettuce
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Lactuca floridana FAMILY: Asteraceae_
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Lactuca floridana var. floridana FAMILY: Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lactuca floridana 179-07-007 FAMILY: Asteraceae_
Habitat: Mesic and dry-mesic forests
Common (uncommon in NC Mountains & NC Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Garden Lettuce
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Lactuca sativa FAMILY: Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lactuca sativa FAMILY: Asteraceae_
Habitat: Cultivated throughout our area in home gardens and commercially, rarely weakly persistent, common as a cultivated plant, rare as a short-lived waif
Waif(s)
Non-native: Eurasia
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