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wild lettuce
Lactuca virosa
Lactuca virosa
wild lettuce Aster Family
Lactuca virosa Asteraceae
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common names
  wild lettuce
  bitter lettuce
accepted scientific name
  •Lactuca virosa L.
rules for finding collection records
  Lactuca virosa (366)
family name
  • Asteraceae
Image Author: ©2018 John Doyen
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Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: Many petals
Petal colors: color
Flower size is 0.25 to 0.5 inches
Number of ray petals: 10 to 20
Leaf: Alternate, Basal, Simple
Plant Observed last week of January thru 3rd week of October

Plant Showiness (45%)
base map where plant found
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Disturbed
Forest
Riparian
Brush
Rocky
Grassland
Native Plant Status
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native Not Native
native Not Present