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| Tall Lettuce (Wild Lettuce) |
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Name - Lactuca canadensis L. |
Family
- Compositae |
| Tall biennial with essentially
no hairs. Leaves alternate, large, sessile or clasping.
Leaf margins entire or small teeth and/or lobed. Flowers
yellow-orange, turning purple with age, in heads at tips
of stems. Forms a large taproot with a rosette of leaves
in first year of growth. In second year, a long, erect
leafy stem which contains a bitter, milky juice is formed.
Reproduces by seed. Occurs in disturbed areas, roadsides,
pastures, and open woods. Found throughout the United
States except for Arizona, New Mexico, and Wyoming. Also
occurs in Canada and the West Indies. |
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