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flaflwrgrl said:I know Janet but there are multiple references to the Lactuca having highly variable leaf appearance but there is only one with the purple flowers & that is the L. floridana.

But, you are assuming it is Lactuca, which it probably is not. Yes, leaves are often variable as shown is the examples Iinked to, but I doubt very much they are that variable.