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Lactuca saligna L.

Common Name: WILLOW-LEAVED LETTUCE
Coefficient of Conservatism: *
Coefficient of Wetness: 3
Wetness Index: FACU
Physiognomy: Ad B-Forb

A European weed, first collected in Michigan in 1935 near Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co. Still local along roadsides, in oak-hickory forests, and on river banks, but likely to spread.

The ligules are light yellow when fresh but turn blue on drying.

B. S. Walters

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Counties
Ingham
Kalamazoo
Monroe
Washtenaw
Wayne

Citation:
MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. March, 17, 2025
https://lsa-miflora-p.lsait.lsa.umich.edu/#/record/388