Woodland lettuce

Lactuca floridana

''Lactuca floridana'', the woodland lettuce, is a North American species of wild lettuce. It is widespread across much of central Canada and the eastern and central United States from Ontario and Manitoba south as far as Texas, Louisiana, and Florida.
Woodland Lettuce (Lactuca floridana) I'm thinking Lactuca floridana? On dirt roadsides near the edge of a dense mixed hardwood/coniferous forest. Northwest Georgia (Gordon County), US. August 26, 2018. There are no pappi present at this moment, but if my memory serves me right (from last summer), they were bright white. I will be keeping an eye on these. Will change to L. biennis if I see otherwise! https://www.jungledragon.com/image/65692/woodland_lettuce_lactuca_biennis.html https://www.jungledragon.com/image/65693/woodland_lettuce_lactuca_biennis.html Geotagged,Lactuca floridana,Summer,United States,Woodland lettuce

Appearance

''Lactuca floridana'' is an annual biennial herb in the dandelion tribe within the daisy family growing from a taproot a height of up to 200 cm. The top of the stem bears a multibranched inflorescence with many flower heads. Each head contains 10–20 blue or white ray florets but no disc florets. The fruit is a brown achene.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderAsterales
FamilyAsteraceae
GenusLactuca
SpeciesL. floridana
Photographed in
United States of America