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Asteraceae > Lactuca (lettuce)

lettuce (Lactuca sp) Downy Lettuce (Lactuca hirsuta), #4432
Orange Co., NC
30 May 2008
lettuce (Lactuca sp) Downy Lettuce (Lactuca hirsuta), #4432
Orange Co., NC
30 May 2008
lettuce (Lactuca sp) Downy Lettuce (Lactuca hirsuta), #4432
Orange Co., NC
30 May 2008

American Wild Lettuce (Lactuca canadensis)
Alamance Co., NC
25 July 2020
American Wild Lettuce (Lactuca canadensis)
Alamance Co., NC
25 July 2020
American Wild Lettuce (Lactuca canadensis)
Alamance Co., NC
25 July 2020
American Wild Lettuce (Lactuca canadensis)
Alamance Co., NC
25 July 2020
American Wild Lettuce (Lactuca canadensis)
Alamance Co., NC
25 July 2020

Note achene with 1 primary nerve

lettuce (Lactuca sp) Likely American Wild Lettuce (Lactuca canadensis)
Washington Co., NC
21 June 2006

lettuce (Lactuca sp) Likely American Wild Lettuce (Lactuca canadensis)
Washington Co., NC
21 June 2006


Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.


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