PLANTS Profile for Lactuca ludoviciana (biannual lettuce)

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PLANTS Profile

Lactuca ludoviciana (Nutt.) Riddell
biannual lettuce

Symbol:

LALU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Biennial
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N


Other common names:
	biennial lettuce

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Line Drawing of Lactuca ludoviciana (Nutt.) Riddell

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: 319. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Lactuca ludoviciana (Nutt.) Riddell

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Synonyms:
Lactuca ludoviciana (Nutt.) Riddell

	LACA6	Lactuca campestris Greene
	LACAT2	Lactuca campestris Greene var. typica Wiegand

Distribution:
Lactuca ludoviciana (Nutt.) Riddell


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USA (AR, AZ, CA, CO, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NM, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (BC, MB, SK)

Related Taxa:
Lactuca ludoviciana (Nutt.) Riddell

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 13 species in Lactuca

Classification:
Lactuca ludoviciana (Nutt.) Riddell

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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 ludoviciana (Nutt.) Riddell – biannual lettuce

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Lactuca ludoviciana (Nutt.) Riddell

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Indiana:
western lettuce		Extirpated

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 ludoviciana (Nutt.) Riddell

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FAC

UPL

FAC-

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Lactuca ludoviciana (Nutt.) Riddell

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 36602.

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

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

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

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