Herbarium Specimen Details

Lactuca floridana
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Lactuca floridana L. Gaertn. - Determined By: Wunderlin, 1976
Determination History
Lactuca graminifolia Michx.
Locality USA. Florida , Brevard Co. : N Merritt Island; bisected by Happy Creek Road.
Description Scattered.
Habitat Wet portions of hydric hardwood forest.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector J. E. Poppleton 846
Collection Date 28 Jul 1976
Accession Number 124989
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Lactuca floridana
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Lactuca floridana L. Gaertn.
Locality USA. Florida , Franklin Co. : East Bay boat landing, 2.9 mi. S of Creels (FL 65), 4 air mi. NW of Eastpoint. 29° 44' 12" N 84° 52' 43" W
Description Frequent; to 3 m tall; stout central stalk with many smaller flowering branches apically.
Habitat Wet wooded hammock.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector L. C. Anderson 10844
Collection Date 26 Aug 1987
Accession Number 196139
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Lactuca floridana
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Lactuca floridana L. Gaertn.
Locality USA. Florida , Hernando Co. : US 98, ca. 13 mi. NE of Brooksville. 28° 33' 19" N 82° 23' 16" W
Description One plant noted; divergent peduncles typical.
Habitat Wooded border; amidst tall Andropogon.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector O. K. Lakela
Collection Date 21 Oct 1961
Accession Number 40697
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Lactuca floridana
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Lactuca floridana L. Gaertn.
Locality USA. Florida , Hernando Co. : N side of road to Croom, ca. 1 mi. from US 41. 28° 35' 16" N 82° 13' 39" W
Description Flowers lavender.
Habitat Woods.
Reproductive State Fruit Flower
Collector D. S. Correll 52569
with H.B. Correll
Collection Date 19 Sep 1981
Accession Number 160839
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Lactuca floridana
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Lactuca floridana L. Gaertn.
Locality USA. Florida , Brevard Co. : N Merritt Island; along road leading W off FL 3, 1.5 mi. S of weather substation B; area disturbed summer 1972. T22S, R36E, Sec. 1, NW¼.
Habitat Ruderal roadside.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector A.G. Shuey
Collection Date 11 Jun 1973
Accession Number 119044
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Lactuca floridana
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Lactuca floridana L. Gaertn.
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : Hillsborough River State Park. Rapids Trail. T27S, R21E, Sec. 8, SW¼ of SW¼ of NE¼. 27° 55' 0" N 82° 20' 60" W
Habitat Hydric hammock.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector A. Bishop
with K. Alvarez
Collection Date 15 Jul 2004
Accession Number 247616
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Lactuca floridana
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Lactuca floridana L. Gaertn.
Locality USA. Florida , Sumter Co. : Indian Field Ledges, W of Withlacoochee River off FL 48. 28° 21' 0" N 81° 49' 0" W
Description Achene somewhat narrowed into a neck; leaves dentate.
Habitat Hammock of interspersed flat limestone outcrops with overhead magnificent oak association; ferns frequent in understory; shade of canopy over limestone.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector O. K. Lakela 26457
Collection Date 21 Sep 1963
Accession Number 55941
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Lactuca floridana
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Lactuca floridana L. Gaertn.
Locality USA. Florida , Duval Co. : Near Jacksonville. 30° 18' 4" N 81° 32' 45" W
Habitat Rich, moist ground.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector A. H. Curtiss 5763
Collection Date 29 Aug 1896
Accession Number 215948
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Lactuca floridana
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Lactuca floridana L. Gaertn.
Locality USA. Florida , Sumter Co. : 0.1–0.2 km N of FL 466, just W of Oxford. 28° 55' 0" N 82° 1' 60" W
Description Corollas blue.
Habitat Old field and open forest of live oaks [Quercus virginiana] with understory of secondary vegetation.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector M. T. Strong 2116
Collection Date 28 Aug 1999
Accession Number 225271
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Lactuca floridana
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Lactuca floridana L. Gaertn.
Locality USA. Florida , Citrus Co. : Off C-481A near Lecanto. 28° 51' 6" N 82° 29' 15" W
Description One plant noted.
Habitat Open hammock in pasture with exposed ledges of limestone; Ostrya - Quercus association with Peperomia, Pteris in ground cover.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector O. K. Lakela 26489
Collection Date 22 Sep 1963
Accession Number 56025
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Lactuca floridana
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Lactuca floridana L. Gaertn.
Locality USA. Florida , Sumter Co. : Lake Okahumpka, just S of FL 44, ca. 6 km SE of Wildwood; around boat landing. 28° 51' 55" N 82° 2' 20" W
Description Plant 3 m tall; rays blue.
Habitat Swampy margins and inundated areas.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector M. T. Strong 3495
Collection Date 05 Aug 2005
Accession Number 242194
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Lactuca floridana
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Lactuca floridana L. Gaertn.
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : Shadow run area at Bell Creek, below Lake Grady dam. 29° 56' 60" N 82° 55' 0" W
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector S. Mortellaro 116
Collection Date 06 Aug 1976
Accession Number 125078
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Lactuca floridana
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Lactuca floridana L. Gaertn.
Locality USA. Florida , Clay Co. : Along FL 21 at Mill Creek, 0.3 mi. NE of junction with FL 215; ca. 2 mi. SW of Middleburg. T5S, R24E, Sec. 22, NE¼ of SW¼. 30° 4' 8" N 81° 51' 37" W
Habitat Roadside ditch, dry to wet.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector B. F. Hansen 6583
with R.P. Wunderlin, R.P. Sauleda, D. Richardson
Collection Date 12 Oct 1979
Accession Number 144369
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Lactuca floridana
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Lactuca floridana L. Gaertn.
Locality USA. Florida , Polk Co. : 1.8 mi. from Highlands Co. line, off US 27. 27° 22' 0" N 81° 20' 60" W
Description Tall plants; early anthesis.
Habitat Grassy creek bed, seasonally wet.
Reproductive State Fruit Flower
Collector O. K. Lakela 24708
Collection Date 30 Sep 1961
Accession Number 45905
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Lactuca floridana
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Lactuca floridana L. Gaertn.
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : Balm-Boyette Tract, 2.2 mi. SSE of Boyette. T31S, R21E, Sec. 16, SE¼ of NW¼. 27° 49' 0" N 82° 13' 0" W
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector S. Landry
with C. Vandaveer
Collection Date 15 Sep 1994
Accession Number 222229
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Lactuca floridana
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Lactuca floridana L. Gaertn.
Locality USA. Florida , Polk Co. : 1.8 mi. N of Highlands Co. line, off US 27. 27° 22' 0" N 81° 20' 60" W
Description Achenes with wide short beak but immature.
Habitat Seasonally wet creek bed; with tall grasses and rushes.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector O. K. Lakela 24708
Collection Date 30 Sep 1961
Accession Number 40584
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Lactuca floridana
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Lactuca floridana L. Gaertn.
Locality USA. Florida , Polk Co. : S of west Frostproof off US 98; 1.5 mi. from Highlands Co. line. 27° 44' 45" N 81° 31' 50" W
Description Infrequent; tall.
Habitat Low mucky grazed field bordering small cypress pond; terrace of seasonally wet creek; with Andropogon, Erianthus [Saccharum], Verbesina.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector O. K. Lakela 24810
Collection Date 04 Nov 1961
Accession Number 41651
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Lactuca floridana
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Lactuca floridana L. Gaertn.
Locality USA. Louisiana , Lincoln Par. : Along Lincoln Parish Road 84 near Cypress Creek, Vienna. 32° 37' 0" N 92° 39' 0" W
Description Rare.
Habitat Wooded bottomland; disturbed, loam.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector H. P. Maunz
Collection Date 18 Sep 1978
Accession Number 139547
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Lactuca floridana
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Lactuca floridana L. Gaertn.
Locality USA. North Carolina , Davie Co. : Yadkin River near US 64 E of Mocksville.
Habitat Field.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector A. E. Radford
Collection Date 03 Aug 1956
Accession Number 15066
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Lactuca floridana
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Lactuca floridana L. Gaertn.
Locality USA. Louisiana , Ouachita Par. : Corner of Gilbert and Spencer Streets, S of US 80, Monroe.
Habitat Ditch.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector D. D. Taylor
Collection Date 01 Sep 1983
Accession Number 218032
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Lactuca floridana
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Lactuca floridana L. Gaertn.
Locality USA. North Carolina , Forsyth Co. : 1.8 mi. SW of Dozier on road to Vienna.
Habitat Woodland border.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector H. E. Ahles
with J.A. Duke
Collection Date 08 Aug 1958
Accession Number 18232
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Lactuca floridana
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Lactuca floridana L. Gaertn.
Locality USA. North Carolina , Forsyth Co. : 1.8 mi. SW of Dozier on road to Vienna.
Habitat Woodland border.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector H. E. Ahles
with J.A. Duke
Collection Date 08 Aug 1958
Accession Number 18233
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Lactuca floridana
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Lactuca floridana L. Gaertn.
Locality USA. North Carolina , Forsyth Co. : 1.8 mi. SW of Dozier on road to Vienna.
Habitat Woodland border.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector H. E. Ahles
with J.A. Duke
Collection Date 08 Aug 1958
Accession Number 14945
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