My Flowers Live – WildFlower Information and Resources

Tall or Wild Lettuce; Wild Opium; Horse-weed
Lactuca canadensis
Flower-heads–Numerous, small, about 1/4 in. across, involucre, cylindric, rays pale yellow; followed by abundant, soft, bright white pappus; the heads growing in loose, branching, terminal clusters. Stem: Smooth, 3 to 10 ft. high, leafy up to the flower panicle; juice milky. Leaves: Upper ones lance-shaped; [...]

November 29th, 2008 | Tags: British Possessions, Caterpillars, Colored Flowers, Deadly Nightshade, Hampton Court, Herodotus, Lettice, Lettuce Opium, Milky Juice, Pale Yellow, Pappus, Pliny, Pompons, Preferred Habitat, Privy Purse, Seasons Of The Year, Stomache, Terminal Clusters, Vertues, Wild Lettuce | Category: Composite Family | Leave a comment