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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Asteraceae
Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fernald
tall blue lettuce, woodland lettuce
Lactuca: name for "milk"
biennis: biennial, completing the life cycle in two growing seasons, usually blooming and fruiting in the second
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, annual/biennial, 2' -6 1/2' tall, mostly smooth forb with milky juice; stems very leafy |
| Flower: | head 3/8" wide with 15-34 bluish to white rays; inflorescence with many heads in long, narrow clusters; blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | dry seed with several obvious lines on both sides, and with tan, fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | either pinnately-divided or toothed, sometimes with arrow-shaped bases |
| Habitat: | moist; thickets |
| (Glossary) |
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