Lucas Land

Woodland Lettuce

Lactuca floridana

From Nearctica

Identification: Flowers blue and arranged in a broad, open panicle. Fine hairs representing the calyx of the florets (pappus) white. Leaves irregular, usually deeply cut into roughly diamond-shaped segments, although sometimes leaf nearly uncut and linear. Plant 3 to 7 feet tall.

Distribution: Throughout most of the eastern United States and the Plains States.

Habitat: Woodland Lettuce is found in wet woods and thickets.

Flowering period: July to October.