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|accepted_name=Lactuca floridana
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Gaertner
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fruct. Sem. Pl.
|place=2: 362. 1791
|year=1791
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Sonchus floridanus
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=2: 794. 1753
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Lactuca floridana var. villosa
|authority=(Jacquin) Cronquist
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Mulgedium floridanum
|authority=
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae;Lactuca;Lactuca floridana
|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 floridana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 260
|treatment_page=page 261
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals </b>or biennials, 25–150(–200+) cm. <b>Leaves</b> on proximal 2/3–3/4 of each stem; blades of undivided cauline leaves oblong, ovate, or elliptic, margins entire or denticulate, midribs sometimes sparsely pilose. <b>Heads</b> in (± pyramidal) paniculiform arrays. <b>Involucres</b> (8–)10–12+ mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> usually reflexed in fruit. <b>Florets</b> 10–15(–25+); corollas bluish or whitish, seldom deliquescent. <b>Cypselae</b>: bodies brown (often mottled), ± compressed-lanceoloid to -fusiform, 4–5 mm, beaks ± stout, 0.1–0.5(–1) mm, faces 5–6-nerved; pappi white, 4–5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 34.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (Jun–)Aug–Sep(–Oct).
|habitat=Moist to wet places, margins of thickets and woods
|elevation=10–200 m
|distribution=Man.;Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|discussion=<p>The “double” pappi of <i>Lactuca floridana</i> (and <i>L. biennis</i>) are very similar to pappi found in species assigned to Cicerbita Wallroth (ca. 35 spp., Europe, Asia, Africa). Return of the species to Cicerbita as <i>C. floridana</i> (Linnaeus) Wallroth may have merit.</p>
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name=Lactuca floridana
|authority=(Linnaeus) Gaertner
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Lactuca floridana var. villosa;Mulgedium floridanum
|basionyms=Sonchus floridanus
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering (Jun–)Aug–Sep(–Oct).
|habitat=Moist to wet places, margins of thickets and woods
|elevation=10–200 m
|distribution=Man.;Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fruct. Sem. Pl.
|publication year=1791
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V19_349.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae
|genus=Lactuca
|species=Lactuca floridana
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