General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Biennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 1 to 6 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Will Naturalize
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Other: Milky sap is toxic
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Wild Lettuce
  • Bitter Lettuce
  • Opium Lettuce
  • Poisonous Lettuce

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Location: Ontario, Canada, indoors
Date: 2011-10-26
look like a dandelion seed fluff

photo credit: H. Zell

photo credit: H. Zell

photo credit: H. Zell

credit: H. Brisse
Location: Indoors
Date: 2011-10-16
Uploaded by robertduval14

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