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Tall Blue Lettuce -  Lactuca biennis Habitat: Growing along the edge of a pond. Geotagged,Lactuca biennis,Summer,Tall blue lettuce,United States Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Tall Blue Lettuce - Lactuca biennis

Habitat: Growing along the edge of a pond.

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  1. So pretty! Have you had chicory in your coffee before? Posted 6 years ago
    1. Thanks! I have - I didn't think it was bad, but I don't like the aftertaste. Have you? Posted 6 years ago
  2. This is Lactuca and not Chicorum. Might be Lactuca biennis. Posted 6 years ago
    1. Thanks again, Gary! Can you tell me if the ID on this one is correct?
      Common Chicory Chicory has a tough, hairy stem that grows up to 100 cm tall. The flower heads grow up to approximately 4 cm wide, and are usually lavender - blue in color.<br />
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Chicory is often used in salad, as a food additive, medicinally, and used in adulterated coffee. Cichorium intybus,Common Chicory,Geotagged,Summer,United States,blue daisy,blue dandelion,blue sailors,blue weed,bunk,chicory,coffeeweed,cornflower,flower,hendibeh,horseweed,ragged sailors,succory,wild bachelor's buttons,wildflower
      Posted 6 years ago

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''Lactuca biennis'' is a North American species of wild lettuce known by the common names tall blue lettuce and blue wood lettuce. It is widespread across much of the United States and Canada from Alaska and Yukon south as far as California, New Mexico, and Georgia.

''Lactuca biennis'' is a biennial herb in the dandelion tribe within the daisy family growing from a taproot to heights anywhere from one half to four meters . There are deeply lobed, toothed leaves all along the stem. The.. more

Similar species: Asterales
Species identified by Christine Young
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Uploaded Sep 26, 2018. Captured Jul 27, 2018 10:53 in 281 Main St S, Woodbury, CT 06798, USA.
  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/512s
  • ISO100
  • 100mm