OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

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camera icon speaker icon 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

 


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speaker icon 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

 


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camera icon speaker icon 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

 


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camera icon speaker icon 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

 


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camera icon speaker icon 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

 


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camera icon speaker icon 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

 


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camera icon speaker icon 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

 


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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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