Lactuca floridana (L.) Gaertn.
Detail
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Botanical Name
- Lactuca floridana (L.) Gaertn.
- Common Name
- Florida Blue Lettuce, Woodland Lettuce
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Lactuca floridana (L.) Gaertner
- Comments
- A minor variant with all achenes beakless (not just the inner) and more consistently entire leaves has been called var. villosa (Jacq.) Cronq.; seldom recognized.
- Habitat
- Well-drained bottomland forests and forest edges, mesic upland forests, streambanks, and moist clearings. Frequent in the mountains and Piedmont; infrequent in the Coastal Plain.
- Native Status
- Native
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