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Lactuca virosa L.
bitter lettuce
Symbol: LAVI8
Group: Dicot
Family: Asteraceae
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual
Biennial
U.S. Nativity: Introduced
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Click on this Line drawing of Lactuca virosa (bitter lettuce) to enlarge it and download a high-resolution TIFF file Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 3: 318. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Guidelines.

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State Distributional Map for LAVI8
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Plant Distribution by State

Lactuca virosa L.

LAVI8

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Related Taxa:
Lactuca virosa L.

View 440 genera in Asteraceae, 13 species in Lactuca

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Classification:
Lactuca virosa 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 virosa L. – bitter lettuce

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Introduced Information:
Lactuca virosa 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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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Lactuca virosa 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 503306.

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