GRASSLEAF LETTUCE (Lactuca graminifolia)

WHAT FLORIDA NATIVE PLANT IS BLOOMING TODAY?: GRASSLEAF LETTUCE (Lactuca graminifolia)

Value is in native bees host: Dianthidium floridiense and Halictus ligatus according to Archbold Sta.

Learn: http://journals.fcla.edu/mundi/article/view/24996/24327

Good for pollinators. can’t find definitive answer re edibility other than most L. spp. are bitter.

Native American Ethnobotany for this genus: http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=lactuca

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