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grass-leaf lettuce

Lactuca graminifolia

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Georgia.January 17, February 18, March 17, April 25, May 20, June 12, July 10, August 10, September 13, October 15, November 11, December 14.
United States1,530
Georgia182
South Carolina166
Arizona143
North Carolina114
New Mexico78
Alabama64
Texas32
Louisiana31
Mississippi30

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Biennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a biennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
Genuswild lettuces · Lactuca

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Practise grass-leaf lettuce with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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