OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
 Lactuca sativa   FAMILY Asteraceae_   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lactuca sativa   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Lactuca sativa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Lactuca sativa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Lactuca sativa

 

COMMON NAME:
 Garden Lettuce

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
 Lactuca sativa   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lactuca sativa   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
 Lactuca sativa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
 Lactuca sativa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
 Lactuca sativa

 

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4930

Forb
Annual/Biennial

Habitat: Cultivated throughout our area in home gardens and commercially, rarely weakly persistent, common as a cultivated plant, rare as a short-lived waif, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Waif(s)

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

LEAVES:
Simple

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Achene

 

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