Asteraceae FAMILY

Lactuca biennis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

Poisonous[ 4 Title A Modern Herbal. Publication Author Grieve. Publisher Penguin Year 1984 ISBN 0-14-046-440-9 Description Not so modern (1930's?) but lots of information, mainly temperate plants. ].

Botanical Description

Lactuca biennis is an erect, annual to biennial plant growing from a taproot. It produces a basal rosette of leaves and a single, branched stem that grows from 15 - 300cm or more tall but usually between 75 - 200cm[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine..

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEastern N. America - southern Alaska and Yukon to Newfoundland and Labrador, south to California, New Mexico, Tennessee and North Carolina

HabitatSwamps, stream banks, woods; at elevations from 900 - 1,500 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].