Asteraceae — Daisy Family

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Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Asterales Asteraceae
Krigia virginica (L.) Willd.

Krigia virginica (L.) Willd.

Krigia virginica (L.) Willd.

Krigia virginica is a small spring annual with golden yellow flower heads that spreads by wind-dispersed seeds.

Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fernald

Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fernald

Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fernald

Lactuca biennis, or tall blue lettuce, is a widespread North American biennial wild lettuce in the daisy family.

Lactuca canadensis L.

Lactuca canadensis L.

Lactuca canadensis L.

Lactuca canadensis L. is a variable North American wild lettuce, used for its sedative medicinal properties and edible young growth.

Lactuca floridana (L.) Gaertn.

Lactuca floridana (L.) Gaertn.

Lactuca floridana (L.) Gaertn.

Lactuca floridana is a tall North American wild lettuce that is edible when cooked as greens.

Lactuca graminifolia Michx.

Lactuca graminifolia Michx.

Lactuca graminifolia Michx.

Lactuca graminifolia is a southeastern US biennial daisy-family herb with blue-purple flower heads, growing in dry loamy soils.

Lactuca indica L.

Lactuca indica L.

Lactuca indica L.

Lactuca indica (Indian lettuce) is a biennial Asteraceae herb used for fodder, food, and traditional medicine.

Lactuca macrophylla (Willd.) A.Gray

Lactuca macrophylla (Willd.) A.Gray

Lactuca macrophylla (Willd.) A.Gray

Common blue-sow-thistle Cicerbita macrophylla (syn. Lactuca macrophylla) is a flowering plant in the Asteraceae family.

Lactuca perennis L.

Lactuca perennis L.

Lactuca perennis L.

Lactuca perennis L. is a violet-blue flowered lettuce species found in open dry European habitats.

Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC.

Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC.

Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC.

Lactuca pulchella is a North American Asteraceae species, with its dried root gum used as chewing gum by the Zuni people.

Lactuca quercina L.

Lactuca quercina L.

Lactuca quercina L.

Lactuca quercina L. is a Eurasian wild lettuce used medicinally for its lactucarium sap.

Lactuca saligna L.

Lactuca saligna L.

Lactuca saligna L.

Lactuca saligna L. is a slender annual herb with pale yellow flower heads that flowers from July to August in Britain.

Lactuca serriola L.

Lactuca serriola L.

Lactuca serriola L.

Lactuca serriola is a wild lettuce with a variety of historical culinary and medicinal uses across different cultures.

Lactuca sibirica (L.) Benth. ex Maxim.

Lactuca sibirica (L.) Benth. ex Maxim.

Lactuca sibirica (L.) Benth. ex Maxim.

Lactuca sibirica (Siberian lettuce) is a wild lettuce native to northern and eastern Eurasia, host to the systemic rust Puccinia minussensis.

Lactuca tatarica (L.) C.A.Mey.

Lactuca tatarica (L.) C.A.Mey.

Lactuca tatarica (L.) C.A.Mey.

Lactuca tatarica, blue lettuce, is a widespread Eurasian blue-flowered herb in the Asteraceae family with variable taxonomic classification.

Lactuca viminea (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl

Lactuca viminea (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl

Lactuca viminea (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl

Lactuca viminea, or pliant lettuce, is a branching Eurasian subshrub in the daisy family found across Europe and southwest Asia.

Lactuca virosa L.

Lactuca virosa L.

Lactuca virosa L.

Lactuca virosa L. is a biennial flowering plant native to Europe, with introduced populations across multiple other continents.

Lagenophora huegelii Benth.

Lagenophora huegelii Benth.

Lagenophora huegelii Benth.

Lagenophora huegelii is an endemic Western Australian flowering plant in Asteraceae, first described in 1837 by George Bentham.

Lagenophora pumila (G.Forst.) Cheeseman

Lagenophora pumila (G.Forst.) Cheeseman

Lagenophora pumila (G.Forst.) Cheeseman

Lagenophora pumila is a small white-yellow flower found across New Zealand and one Tongan island, hosting an exclusive rust fungus and indicating wetlands.

Lagenophora stipitata (Labill.) Druce

Lagenophora stipitata (Labill.) Druce

Lagenophora stipitata (Labill.) Druce

Lagenophora stipitata is a small Asteraceae plant with common names blue bottle-daisy and common lagenophora, found across Australia and East Asia.

Lagenophora strangulata Colenso

Lagenophora strangulata Colenso

Lagenophora strangulata Colenso

Lagenophora strangulata Colenso is a small green flowering plant found in New Zealand.

Lagophylla ramosissima Nutt.

Lagophylla ramosissima Nutt.

Lagophylla ramosissima Nutt.

Lagophylla ramosissima (branched hareleaf) is an annual flowering herb native to dry habitats in the western United States.

Laphamia emoryi (Torr.) Benth. & Hook.fil.

Laphamia emoryi (Torr.) Benth. & Hook.fil.

Laphamia emoryi (Torr.) Benth. & Hook.fil.

Laphamia emoryi is a variable annual polyploid herb with an amphitropical distribution across western Americas.

Lapsana communis L.

Lapsana communis L.

Lapsana communis L.

Lapsana communis, commonly nipplewort, is an herb with edible young leaves and recorded historical medicinal uses.

Lasiocephalus ovatus D.F.K.Schltdl.

Lasiocephalus ovatus D.F.K.Schltdl.

Lasiocephalus ovatus D.F.K.Schltdl.

Lasiocephalus ovatus D.F.K.Schltdl. is a terrestrial high Andes herb found in Colombia and Ecuador, South America.

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