Willowleaf Lettuce
Lactuca saligna L.
Asteraceae (Aster Family)
▲ young plant in rosette stage
▲ young, mature plant, beginning to flower
▲▼ flowering plants
▲ ▼ flowers
▲ leaves of prickly lettuce (left) and willowleaf lettuce (right)
Willowleaf lettuce:
o has narrower, sometimes more purplish leaves than prickly lettuce, and may grow taller
o summer or winter annual with tiny yellow flowers in inflorescence
o found in similar habitats
o not spiny