Asteraceae
Woodland lettuce
Lactuca floridana
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Lactuca
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- خس فلوريدي
- English
- Woodland lettuce
Synonyms
- Agathyrsus acuminatus (Willd.) Sweet
- Agathyrsus floridanus (L.) D.Don
- Agathyrsus floridanus (L.) Sweet
- Cicerbita acuminata (Willd.) Wallr.
- Cicerbita floridana (L.) Wallr.
- Cicerbita villosa (Jacq.) Beauverd
- Galathenium floridanum (L.) Nutt.
- Lactuca acuminata (Willd.) A.Gray
- Lactuca floridana f. floridana
- Lactuca floridana var. floridana
- Lactuca floridana var. villosa (Jacq.) Cronquist
- Lactuca villosa Jacq.
- Mulgedium acuminatum (Willd.) DC.
- Mulgedium acuminatum (Willd.) DC.
- Mulgedium floridanum (L.) DC.
- Mulgedium floridanum var. floridanum
- Mulgedium lyratum Cass.
- Mulgedium villosum (Jacq.) Small
- Sonchus acuminatus Willd.
- Sonchus floridanus L.
- Wiestia acuminata Sch.Bip.
- Wiestia floridana (L.) Sch.Bip.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos

Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.