White Lettuce

Synonyms:   White rattlesnake-root

Scientific Name:   Prenanthes alba
Altenative names, synonyms, exist for this plant. See RPC Plant Details and check the refernce websites for additional information.


Alternate Scientific Name (Synonym):  Nabalus albus

Woodland species, blooming in late summer.

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White Lettuce


Genus species: Prenanthes alba
     Synonym: Nabalus albus
Common Names: White Lettuce,White rattlesnake-root
Family Name: Asteraceae  
Flowers of two basic types: 1) disk florets with tubular corollas, and 2) ray florets with ligulate corollas. Heads are composed of exclusively one type or the other (discoid or ligulate), or typically with disk florets in the center and ray florets around the perimeter; fruit an achene (or cypsela).
Seed Type Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Wildflower
Identified by:J.D. Mancini
Months in Bloom  
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