Lactuca graminifolia
{{Short description|Species of lettuce}}
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| image = Lactuca graminifolia - Flickr - aspidoscelis (1).jpg
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| status = {{TNCStatus}}
| status_system = TNC
| genus = Lactuca
| species = graminifolia
| authority = Michx. 1803
| synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-43025 The Plant List, Lactuca graminifolia Michx.]
| synonyms = *Galathenium graminifolium (Michx.) Nutt.
- Lactuca graminifolia var. arizonica McVaugh
- Wiestia graminifolia (Michx.) Sch.Bip.
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Lactuca graminifolia, the grassleaf lettuce{{PLANTS|id=LAGR|taxon=Lactuca graminifolia|accessdate=2 August 2015}} is a North American species of wild lettuce. It grows in Mexico, Central America, Hispaniola, and the southern United States from Arizona to Florida, Virginia and the Carolinas.[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Lactuca%20graminifolia.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map][http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/index.php?taxon=2786 SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter, Lactuca graminifolia Michx.][http://www.tropicos.org/Name/2702755?tab=specimens Tropicos, specimen listing for Lactuca graminifolia Michx.]Nash, D. L. 1976. Tribe XI, Cichorieae. En Nash, D.L. & Williams, L.O. (eds), Flora of Guatemala - Part XII. Fieldiana, Botany. 24(12): 440–454, 598–603Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246
Description
Lactuca graminifolia is a biennial herb in the dandelion tribe within the daisy family growing from a taproot a height of up to 150 cm (5 feet). The top of the stem bears a multibranched inflorescence with many flower heads. Each head contains 15-20 blue or purple ray florets but no disc florets. The fruit is a brown achene.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250067035 Flora of North America, Lactuca graminifolia Michaux, 1803. ]
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External links
- [http://www.tropicos.org/ImageFullView.aspx?imageid=100016458 Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Nuevo León in 1992]
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Category:Flora of Northern America
Category:Plants described in 1753
Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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