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Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fernald
tall blue lettuce

       
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Line Drawing of Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fernald
Lactuca spicata

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 321. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fernald

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Synonyms:
Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fernald

  LASP4 Lactuca spicata auct. non (Lam.) Hitchc.
  LASPI Lactuca spicata (Lam.) Hitchc. var. integrifolia (Torr. & A. Gray) Britton
  MUSP2 Mulgedium spicatum auct. non (Lam.) Small
  MUSPI Mulgedium spicatum (Lam.) Small var. integrifolium (Torr. & A. Gray) Small
 

Distribution:
Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fernald

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USA (AK, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fernald

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 13 species in Lactuca
 

Classification:
Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fernald

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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 biennis (Moench) Fernald – tall blue lettuce
 

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fernald

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU,FAC+ FACU FACU FAC FAC NI NO NO FAC FAC NI* FACU* NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fernald

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 36597.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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