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Canada Lettuce - Lactuca canadensis

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Native Species

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: SNR
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General Description
Annual or biennial. Stems erect, simple below, 30–200 cm. Leaf blades lanceolate, 10–35 cm long, sometimes pilose on the midvein below, deeply pinnately divided into lanceolate lobes. Involucre 10–15 mm high; phyllaries reflexed in fruit. Rays 15 to 20; ligules blue to yellow, ca. 4 mm long. Achenes 5–6 mm long; beaks 1–3 mm long (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Range Comments
Known from Park County. Throughout North America (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 16

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Habitat

Ecology
POLLINATORS
The following animal species have been reported as pollinators of this plant species or its genus where their geographic ranges overlap: Bombus vagans, Bombus fervidus, Bombus rufocinctus, Bombus terricola, Bombus griseocollis, and Bombus impatiens (Colla and Dumesh 2010).

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References
  • Literature Cited AboveLegend:   View Online Publication
    • Colla, S.R. and S. Dumesh. 2010. The bumble bees of southern Ontario: notes on natural history and distribution. Journal of the Entomological Society of Ontario 141:39-68.
    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
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    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
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