Friday Focus on Fruit: Florida Native Plant GRASSLEAF LETTUCE (Lactuca graminifolia)

WHAT FLORIDA NATIVE PLANT IS BLOOMING TODAY?:
Friday Focus on Fruit: Florida Native Plant GRASSLEAF LETTUCE (Lactuca graminifolia)

Photo depicts the seeds (fruit) of this Florida native.

host for NATIVE BEES: Dianthidium floridiense and Halictus ligatus (according to Archbold Station)

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

Good for pollinators. cant 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

Where does it grow in Florida? http://www.florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=3166

Photos of buds and blooms: https://whatfloridanativeplantisbloomingtoday.wordpress.com/2014/02/11/grassleaf-lettuce-lactuca-graminifolia-3/

###