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Photographer: from USDA Plants website
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Family Asteraceae
Lactuca ludoviciana (Nutt.) Riddell
prairie lettuce, prairie wild lettuce, western wild lettuce
Lactuca: name for "milk"
ludoviciana: referring to King Louis X, therefore, by extension, to the State of Louisiana; a form of Latin meaning "of Louisiana"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, biennial/perennial, 1'-5' tall forb with milky juice; stems leafy, smooth |
| Flower: | head 1" wide with 20-56 bluish-white to yellow rays; inflorescence of a few, relatively large heads in loosely-branched clusters; blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | blackish, flat, dry seed with only one obvious line on each side |
| Leaf: | bluish, with spiny edges and midrib |
| Habitat: | sun; prairies, meadows |
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