OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Lapsana communis   FAMILY Asteraceae_   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lapsana communis   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Lapsana communis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-05-001:

Lapsana communis   FAMILY Asteraceae_

 

COMMON NAME:
 Nipplewort

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image of Lapsana communis, Nipplewort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_laco3_001_lvd

        

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Lapsana communis   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lapsana communis   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
 Lapsana communis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-05-001:
 Lapsana communis   FAMILY Asteraceae_

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

797

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Fields, forests, vacant lots, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Rare

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Absent
Ray flowers bisexual
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellowish-brown/Yellowish-gree
Achene

 

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