Hairy Lettuce (Lactuca hirsuta Muhl. ex Nutt.)
Also known as red-flowered wild lettuce, tall hairy lettuce.
Some authorities recognize varieties of this and label the red-flowering one, which is most common, Lactuca hirsuta var. sanguinea. We follow POWO's treatment, which does not recognize any varieties or subspecies of this one.
↑Range - Expand
| Legend | Color |
| Native | |
| Extirpated | |
| Native or Not Present | |
| Introduced or Not Present | |
| Native or Introduced |
This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.
Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.
↑Links & External Resources
• Lactuca hirsuta (hairy lettuce) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Lactuca hirsuta | Go Botany (About This Site)
• Lactuca hirsuta | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
• Lactuca hirsuta | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)
• Lactuca hirsuta | Flora of North America (About This Site)
• Lactuca hirsuta sanguinea (Red-flowered Wild Lettuce) | Illinois Wildflowers (About This Site)
• Lactuca hirsuta | Missouri Plants (About This Site)
• Hairy Lettuce | Maryland Biodiversity Project (About This Site)
• Lactuca hirsuta Muhl. ex Nutt. | Plants of the World Online (POWO) (About This Site)
• Lactuca hirsuta Muhl. ex Nutt. (Hairy Lettuce) | Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora (About This Site)
