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Key to Lactuca

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(For a list of species in Lactuca, use the above link.)

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1. Fruit beak short, thick; biennial or  herb

2. Biennial from short taprootopen heads 1–1.5 cm diam; NW, n CCo ..... L. biennis

2' Perennial herb from long, deep ; open heads 2–3 cm diam; CaRH, c SNH, MP ..... L. tatarica subsp. pulchella

1' Fruit beak slender, thread-like; annual or biennial

3. Fruit with 1 median rib on each face

4. Open heads 5–10 mm diam; flowers 13–25 ..... L. canadensis

4' Open heads 4–5 mm diam; flowers 20–56 ..... L. ludoviciana

3' Fruit with 5–9 ribs on each face

5. Biennial;   leaves toothed or shallowly lobed; cauline leaves widely clasping ..... L. virosa

5' Annual; basal leaves generally 0 at flower; cauline leaves with narrow, , basal  clasping stem

6. Stems proximally  and arching upward or , 5–10(20) dm; leaves lance-linear,  or few-lobed, lobes  and inflorescence branches often  to axis; flowers 5–12 ..... L. saligna

6' Stems erect, 5–30 dm; leaves oblanceolate to oblong-elliptic or obovate in outline, margins prickly-toothed, sometimes also coarsely lobed; inflorescence branches often widely ; flowers 14–20 ..... L. serriola

 

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