Lactuca serriola

ClassificationDicots
FamilyAsteraceae
Family (Traditional)Asteraceae
GenusLactuca
Species:Lactuca serriola L.
Common NamePrickly Lettuce
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: Yes; Milky Sap: Yes; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GM; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: NRG; Natural Area Presence: UCR; Duration: Annual; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: Europe; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Type: broadleaf; 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: 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 N/A
StatusNot Native; AGCP (FAC), EMP (FAC) (NWPL); TN[SNA] KY[SNA] (State Rank); GNR (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

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

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Lactuca scariola Lactuca scariola L.
Lactuca scariola f. scariola Lactuca scariola f. scariola
Lactuca scariola subsp. integrata Lactuca scariola subsp. integrata

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), Bath (KY), Bell (KY), Bracken (KY), Breckinridge (KY), Bullitt (KY), Butler (KY), Calloway (KY), Campbell (KY), Christian (KY), Clark (KY), Clinton (KY), Fayette (KY), Franklin (KY), Fulton (KY), Gallatin (KY), Garrard (KY), Henry (KY), Hopkins (KY), Jefferson (KY), Kenton (KY), Laurel (KY), Letcher (KY), Lyon (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Marshall (KY), Mercer (KY), Muhlenberg (KY), Oldham (KY), Owen (KY), Pike (KY), Pulaski (KY), Spencer (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Trimble (KY), Warren (KY), Wolfe (KY), Anderson (TN), Benton (TN), Carroll (TN), Carter (TN), Cheatham (TN), Davidson (TN), Decatur (TN), DeKalb (TN), Dickson (TN), Giles (TN), Grainger (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamblen (TN), Hamilton (TN), Haywood (TN), Henry (TN), Humphreys (TN), Jackson (TN), Johnson (TN), Knox (TN), Loudon (TN), McMinn (TN), McNairy (TN), Macon (TN), Marshall (TN), Maury (TN), Meigs (TN), Montgomery (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Robertson (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sevier (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN), Tipton (TN), Union (TN), Williamson (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1902 - 2014

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100271665 Henry Kentucky 03 Aug 1962 J. L. Gentry Jr.
590
EKY
Lactuca serriola
31234100271673 Gallatin Kentucky 30 Jul 1961 Elizabeth M. Browne
4716
EKY
Lactuca serriola
31234100271624 Clinton Kentucky 24 Jul 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-807
EKY
Lactuca serriola
31234100271780 Muhlenberg Kentucky 06 Aug 1980 Richard H. Hannan
4915
EKY
Lactuca serriola
31234100271772 Letcher Kentucky 13 Aug 1978 Jeffrey D. Sole
472
EKY
Lactuca serriola
31234100271798 Pike Kentucky 23 Jun 1965 Elizabeth M. Browne
10337
EKY
Lactuca scariola
BEREA007874 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Lactuca serriola
BEREA007863 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Lactuca serriola
BEREA007873 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239414 McCreary Kentucky
TENN
Lactuca scariola
TENN-V-0239274 Union Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239254 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239256 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239262 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239243 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca scariola
N/A Clinton Kentucky 24 Jul 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-809
EKY
Lactuca serriola
31234100271707 Bath Kentucky 27 Jul 1984 Julian Campbell
710
EKY
Lactuca serriola
31234100271699 Bath Kentucky 27 Jul 1984 Julian Campbell
710
EKY
Lactuca serriola
31234100271681 McCreary Kentucky 11 May 1927 Elizabeth M. Browne
72E20.8
EKY
Lactuca serriola
BEREA007868 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Lactuca serriola
BEREA007872 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Lactuca serriola
BEREA007866 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Lactuca serriola
BEREA007871 Pulaski Kentucky
BEREA
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239268 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239415 Pike Kentucky
TENN
Lactuca scariola
TENN-V-0239252 Hamblen Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239264 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239245 Cheatham Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca serriola
APSC0091404 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0076332 Calloway Kentucky
APSC
Lactuca serriola
31234100271848 Wolfe Kentucky 17 Sep 1988 R. C. Clark
21952
EKY
Lactuca serriola
31234100267622 Fayette Kentucky 09 Sep 1902 Mary Didlake
EKY
Lactuca serriola
31973000005783 Kenton Kentucky 15 Jul 1978 Applegarth, Patrick
413
KNK
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239247 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239267 Robertson Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239251 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239253 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca serriola
APSC0024684 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0024685 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0058751 Barren Kentucky 02 Aug 1979 G.P. Johnson
APSC
Lactuca scariola
APSC0058750 Butler Kentucky 22 Aug 1968 Harold W. Elmore
APSC
Lactuca scariola
APSC0024701 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0024686 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0091392 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0058683 Madison Kentucky 16 Jul 1970
APSC
Lactuca serriola
31234100723228 Garrard Kentucky 26 Jul 2010 W.W. Overbeck
626
EKY
Lactuca serriola
31234100271715 Barren Kentucky 14 Aug 1983 Charles J. Lapham
144
EKY
Lactuca serriola
BEREA007864 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Lactuca serriola
BEREA007869 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Lactuca serriola
N/A Johnson Tennessee 28 Jul 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Lactuca scariola
TENN-V-0239259 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239255 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239271 Tipton Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239266 Meigs Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca serriola
APSC0024709 Todd Kentucky 26 Aug 1968 Edward Chester
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0024683 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0024704 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0091389 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0091393 Spencer Kentucky
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0058752 Hopkins Kentucky
APSC
Lactuca scariola
31234100271806 Pike Kentucky 22 Jul 1964 Elizabeth M. Browne
8915
EKY
Lactuca scariola
BEREA007865 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Lactuca serriola
31973000005781 Bracken Kentucky 02 Aug 1983 Buddell, George
2300
KNK
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239099 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca scariola
TENN-V-0239272 Tipton Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239244 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239263 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239261 Macon Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239260 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca scariola
TENN-V-0239249 Dickson Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca serriola
APSC0091386 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0024698 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0024710 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0024697 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Lactuca serriola
HTTU025503 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Lactuca serriola
BEREA007875 Trigg Kentucky
BEREA
Lactuca serriola
BEREA007867 Clark Kentucky
BEREA
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239250 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239276 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239413 Mercer Kentucky
TENN
Lactuca scariola
TENN-V-0239412 Henry Kentucky
TENN
Lactuca scariola
APSC0115674 Franklin Kentucky
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0024707 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0024688 Rutherford Tennessee
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0091388 Owen Kentucky
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0091391 Owen Kentucky
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0077531 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0024706 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Lactuca serriola
HTTU003611 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Lactuca scariola
MTSU021983 Davidson Tennessee 19 Jun 2001 Angela Cathey
208
MTSU
Lactuca scariola
MTSU021987 Rutherford Tennessee 02 Jul 1981 James Bonner
44
MTSU
Lactuca serriola
31234100271640 Clinton Kentucky 24 Jul 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-810
EKY
Lactuca serriola
31234100271616 Clinton Kentucky 24 Jul 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-808
EKY
Lactuca serriola
31234100271657 Henry Kentucky 10 Aug 1962 J. L. Gentry Jr.
638
EKY
Lactuca serriola
BEREA007870 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Lactuca serriola
31973000005782 Campbell Kentucky 07 Aug 1983 Buddell, George
1425
KNK
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239257 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239273 Tipton Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239275 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239248 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca serriola
APSC0024705 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0115526 Breckinridge Kentucky
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0024692 Henry Tennessee
APSC
Lactuca serriola
UCHT039827 Davidson Tennessee
UCHT
Lactuca scariola
UCHT039821 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Lactuca serriola
UCHT029913 DeKalb Tennessee
UCHT
Lactuca serriola
APSC0024693 Benton Tennessee
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0024702 Christian Kentucky 19 Aug 1993 Sallie Noel
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0091394 Marshall Kentucky
APSC
Lactuca serriola
HTTU003614 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Lactuca serriola
UCHT039822 Putnam Tennessee
UCHT
Lactuca serriola
UCHT039828 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Lactuca serriola
ETSU012594 Tennessee
ETSU
Lactuca scariola
MEM014414 Tipton Tennessee 01 Jul 1968 Sarah J. Warrington
87
MEM
Lactuca serriola
MEM013423 McCreary Kentucky 20 Aug 1972 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
72H20.8
MEM
Lactuca serriola
31234100271723 Franklin Kentucky 18 Aug 1983 Hal Bryan
672
EKY
Lactuca scariola
TENN-V-0239258 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239246 Decatur Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca serriola
TENN-V-0239265 McMinn Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca scariola
TENN-V-0239269 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca scariola
TENN-V-0239270 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Lactuca scariola
APSC0091382 Calloway Kentucky
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0119716 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0119812 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0115529 Campbell Kentucky
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0080475 Trimble Kentucky
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0091381 Fulton Kentucky
APSC
Lactuca serriola
HTTU029963 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Lactuca serriola
MTSU021984 Davidson Tennessee 27 Jun 2001 Angela Cathey
231
MTSU
Lactuca scariola
UCHT039823 Putnam Tennessee
UCHT
Lactuca serriola
UCHT029910 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Lactuca serriola
UCHT039826 Grundy Tennessee
UCHT
Lactuca scariola
BEREA025779 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Lactuca serriola
UCHT043776 McNairy Tennessee
UCHT
Lactuca serriola
APSC0024695 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0119811 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0091390 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0024691 Christian Kentucky 30 Jul 1993 Sallie Noel
APSC
Lactuca serriola
HTTU003612 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Lactuca scariola
ETSU012592 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Lactuca scariola
UCHT042385 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Lactuca serriola
N/A Knox Tennessee A. Ruth
737
UCHT
Lactuca serriola
APSC0024682 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Lactuca serriola
UCHT039820 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Lactuca serriola
APSC0024708 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0076788 Breckinridge Kentucky
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0119810 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0024696 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0054401 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Lactuca serriola
APSC0024703 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Lactuca serriola
MTSU023946 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Lactuca serriola
ETSU012593 Tennessee
ETSU
Lactuca scariola
MEM020294 Davidson Tennessee 06 Aug 1986 R. Kral
73562
MEM
Lactuca serriola
HTTU026317 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Lactuca serriola
UCHT029909 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Lactuca serriola
MEM009175 Shelby Tennessee 23 Jun 1971 John E. Thompson Jr.
251
MEM
Lactuca serriola
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