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Label

Accession No. 14085 
Family Asteraceae 
Species Lactuca serriola L.
Common name "prickly lettuce"
Collector Information S. Hegji  (73)  24 September 2010
Geography United States,  Utah, Utah County
Lat./Long. 40°  23' 3.1" N, 111°  50 ' 49.7" W at 4546 feet (1385 m)
Locality backyard in Lehi, along house foundation; 
Ecology near weedy margin of a horse pasture. 
Climate NCDC temperatures, daily high (red), daily average (green) and daily low (blue), from 1970 to 2000 at this location.   NCDC average monthly precipitation from 1970 to 2000 at this location.

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Lactuca serriola L.
     Lactuca scariola L.

Common Name(s): China lettuce, prickly lettuce, wild lettuce.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=36608, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Asteridae
                            Order: Asterales
                                Family: Asteraceae
                                    Genus: Lactuca
                                        Species: Lactuca serriola
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 14085a1.jpg specimen image: 14085b1.jpg specimen image: 14085c1.jpg specimen image: 14085d1.jpg
specimen image: 14085e1.jpg specimen image: 14085s1.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 03022s2.jpg 
03022
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03023
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05294
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09094

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
13022 Agrostis stolonifera      "creeping bentgrass" 1.5 mi. W
13023 Asclepias incarnata      "swamp milkweed" 1.5 mi. W
13206 Asclepias incarnata      "swamp milkweed" 1.5 mi. W
13028 Bromus inermis      "smooth brome" 1.5 mi. W
13026 Carex utriculata      "Northwest Territory sedge" 1.5 mi. W
13024 Castilleja exilis     1.5 mi. W
13622 Centaurea solstitialis     same section
14064 Cleome serrulata      "Rocky Mountain beeplant" 1.1 mi. W
15290 Convolvulus arvensis      "field bindweed" 1.7 mi. N
00440 Elaeagnus angustifolia      "Russian olive" 1.6 mi. SW
13030 Elymus trachycaulus  ssp. trachycaulus   "slender wheatgrass" 1.5 mi. W
00232 Equisetum laevigatum      "smooth horsetail" 1.6 mi. SW
14065 Eupatorium maculatum      "spotted trumpetweed" 1.2 mi. W
08835 Glycyrrhiza lepidota      "American licorice" same section
09845 Helianthus nuttallii      "Nuttall's sunflower" 1153 ft. W
16802 Helianthus nuttallii      "Nuttall's sunflower" 1153 ft. W
00308 Hemerocallis fulva      "orange day-lily" 2910 ft. N
13027 Juncus ensifolius  var. montanus  1.5 mi. W
08539 Lemna valdiviana      "valdivia duckweed" 1.6 mi. SW
05833 Lobelia erinus      "edging lobelia" 1.8 mi. N
14060 Lythrum salicaria      "purple loosestrife" same section
08833 Polygonum amphibium      "water knotweed" same section
00263 Ranunculus inamoenus      "graceful buttercup" 1.6 mi. SW
00443 Rhus aromatica  var. trilobata   "skunkbush sumac" 1.6 mi. SW
00512 Rumex obtusifolius      "bitter dock" 1.6 mi. SW
08834 Saponaria officinalis      "bouncingbet" same section
02839 Sedum debile      "orpine stonecrop" 1 mi. N
05704 Sonchus arvensis      "field sowthistle" 1.2 mi. W
13213 Sonchus uliginosus     1.5 mi. W
13029 Sonchus uliginosus     1.5 mi. W
14066 Sonchus uliginosus      "moist sowthistle" 1.2 mi. W
00357 Tamarix chinensis      "five-stamen tamarisk" 1.6 mi. SW
02929 Tribulus terrestris      "puncturevine" 1153 ft. W
13240 Verbena hastata      "swamp verbena" 1.5 mi. W
13025 Verbena hastata      "swamp verbena" 1.5 mi. W
14067 Verbena hastata      "swamp verbena" 1.2 mi. W
05834 Zinnia elegans      "elegant zinnia" 1.8 mi. N

Locale


Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Church) Utah County, UT 1298 ft. NW 4547  Lehi 
Lehi Post Office (Post Office) Utah County, UT 1504 ft. N 4554  Lehi 
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Church) Utah County, UT 2364 ft. N 4561  Lehi 
Lehi (Populated Place) Utah County, UT 2887 ft. N 4564  Lehi 
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Church) Utah County, UT 0.6 mi. N 4557  Lehi 
Meadow School (School) Utah County, UT 2594 ft. W 4547  Lehi 
Lehi High School (School) Utah County, UT 2953 ft. NE 4554  Lehi 
Margaret Wines Park (Park) Utah County, UT 0.7 mi. N 4574  Lehi 
Lehi School (School) Utah County, UT 0.9 mi. N 4577  Lehi 
Sego Lily School (School) Utah County, UT 1 mi. N 4584  Lehi 
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Church) Utah County, UT 1.1 mi. NE 4600  Lehi 
Mill Pond (Reservoir) Utah County, UT 1 mi. SE 4524  Lehi 
Lehi Cemetery (Cemetery) Utah County, UT 1.3 mi. N 4623  Lehi 
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Church) Utah County, UT 1.2 mi. N 4593  Lehi 
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Church) Utah County, UT 1.3 mi. NE 4646  Lehi 
Lehi Junior High School (School) Utah County, UT 1.5 mi. N 4669  Lehi 
Cedar Hollow (Valley) Utah County, UT 1.6 mi. NE   Lehi 
Spring Creek (Stream) Utah County, UT 1.8 mi. S   Lehi 
New Survey Ditch (Canal) Utah County, UT 1.7 mi. N 4570  Lehi 
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Church) Utah County, UT 1.9 mi. N 4652  Lehi 

Links

Taxon Links for species Lactuca serriola  L.

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database
University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Lactuca+serriola

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