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Photographer: from USDA Plants website
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Family Asteraceae
Lactuca hirsuta Muhl. ex Nutt. (Bigelow) Fernald var. sanguinea
[Excluded] hairy lettuce
Lactuca: name for "milk"
hirsuta: covered with hair
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| Status: | Excluded |
| Plant: | erect, biennial, 15" -40" tall, mostly smooth forb with milky juice; leafy only on lower 1/3-2/3 of stem |
| Flower: | head with 13-25 maroon or coppery rays; inflorescence with many heads in a large cluster (corymbiform); blooms June-Sept. |
| Leaf: | either pinnately-divided or with broad, toothed lobes often more than 1/3" wide, not prickly |
| Habitat: | dry; open woods, clearings |
| Notes: | the variety name sanguinea is Latin for blood red- referring to the ray color |
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