Asteraceae
Biannual lettuce
Lactuca ludoviciana
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Lactuca
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Biannual lettuce
Synonyms
- Galathenium ludovicianum Nutt.
- Lactuca campestris Greene
- Lactuca campestris var. campestris
- Lactuca campestris var. typica Wiegand
- Lactuca ludoviciana f. ludoviciana
- Sonchus ludovicianus Nutt.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: David Peden https://www.inaturalist.org/people/wafflemaster135, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Peden https://www.inaturalist.org/people/wafflemaster135, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sue Ann Kendall https://www.inaturalist.org/people/sunasak, CC BY 4.0, 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.