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Photographer: Ray Francies
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Family Asteraceae
Prenanthes alba L.
lion's-foot, rattlesnake-root, white-lettuce
Prenanthes: from prenes for "drooping" and anthe for "blossom"
alba: Latin for "white"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1 1/2'-5' tall forb with milky juice; stems thick, often purplish |
| Flower: | head 1/2" wide with pink to cream ray flowers, purplish bracts (phyllaries) with no hairs; inflorescence with nodding heads in long, branched clusters; blooms Aug.-Sept. |
| Fruit: | dry seed with brownish, fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | alternate, usually hairy below, the long-stalked lower leaves of various shapes, getting simpler and smaller toward the top |
| Habitat: | dry; woods, forests; in rocky soil |
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