PLANTS Profile for Lactuca saligna (willowleaf lettuce)

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PLANTS Profile

Lactuca saligna L.
willowleaf lettuce


Symbol:		LASA
Group:		Dicot
Family:		Asteraceae
Growth Habit:		Forb/herb
Duration:		Annual Biennial
U.S. Nativity:		Introduced

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Lactuca saligna L.

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Plant Synonyms:
Lactuca saligna L.

LASAR

Lactuca saligna L. var. runcinata Gren. & Godr.

Plant Distribution by State:
Lactuca saligna L.

State Distributional Map for Lactuca saligna L.

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	AL AR AZ CA DC IL IN KS KY LA MI MO NC NE NV NY OH	OK OR PA SC TN VA WA WV

Lactuca saligna L. occures in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia

Related Taxa:
Lactuca saligna L.

View 476 genera in Asteraceae, 13 species in Lactuca

Classification:
Lactuca saligna L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae –
Order	Asterales –
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Lactuca L. – lettuce
Species	Lactuca saligna L. – willowleaf lettuce

Introduced Information:
Lactuca saligna L.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Lactuca saligna L.

Nat. Ind.

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Lactuca saligna L.

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View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 36606.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account from Wisconsin State Herbarium (UW-Madison).