Lactuca hirsuta

Classification	Dicots
Family	Asteraceae
Family (Traditional)	Asteraceae
Genus	Lactuca
Species:	Lactuca hirsuta Muhl. ex Nutt.
Common Name	Hairy Lettuce
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: Yes; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Biennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Margins: ciliate; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Carpel Number/Pistil: 1; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Cypsela; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: corymb/cyme/umbel; Inflorescence Types: head; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Simple; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Basal; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5; Tepal Number: N/A
C value	6
Status	Native; TN[SNR] KY[S4?] (State Rank); G5? (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Barren (KY), Crittenden (KY), Lyon (KY), Trigg (KY), Lewis (TN), Polk (TN), Stewart (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, MEM, TENN, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1976 - 1993

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
MEM011684	Crittenden	Kentucky	03 Aug 1976	Raymond Athey 3529	MEM Lactuca hirsuta
UCHT039815	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Lactuca hirsuta
UCHT039816	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Lactuca hirsuta
31234100272028	Barren	Kentucky	29 May 1993	Charles J. Lapham 55	EKY Lactuca hirsuta
TENN-V-0239216	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Lactuca hirsuta
APSC0026016	Lyon	Kentucky			APSC Lactuca hirsuta
APSC0026004	Trigg	Kentucky			APSC Lactuca hirsuta
APSC0054442	Lewis	Tennessee			APSC Lactuca hirsuta
APSC0040944	Polk	Tennessee			APSC Lactuca hirsuta
APSC0026014	Stewart	Tennessee	16 Jun 1988		APSC Lactuca hirsuta
APSC0026039	Polk	Tennessee			APSC Lactuca hirsuta

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Lactuca hirsuta

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