View source for Lactuca saligna

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|accepted_name=Lactuca saligna
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 796. 1753
|year=1753
}}
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae;Lactuca;Lactuca saligna
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lactuca]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Lactuca saligna]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 260
|treatment_page=page 262
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals </b>(perhaps persisting), 15–70(–100+) cm. <b>Leaves</b> on proximal 1/2–3/4+ of each stem; blades of undivided cauline leaves ± linear to filiform, margins entire or denticulate, midribs usually prickly-setose. <b>Heads</b> in racemiform to spiciform arrays. <b>Involucres</b> 6–9(–13+) mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> usually erect in fruit. <b>Florets</b> 6–12(–20+); corollas yellow (sometimes abaxially bluish), usually deliquescent. <b>Cypselae</b>: bodies pale brown, ± flattened, elliptic to oblanceolate, 2.5–3.5 mm, beaks ± filiform, (2–)5–6 mm, faces 5–7-nerved; pappi white, 5–6 mm. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Aug–Oct.
|habitat=Disturbed sites
|elevation=10–1500 m
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Mo.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Europe;introduced also in Mexico.
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name=Lactuca saligna
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Aug–Oct.
|habitat=Disturbed sites
|elevation=10–1500 m
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Mo.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Europe;introduced also in Mexico.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae
|genus=Lactuca
|species=Lactuca saligna
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