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Lactuca graminifolia
Lactuca graminifolia
Lactuca graminifolia

Wikipedia description

Lactuca graminifolia, the grassleaf lettuce is a North American species of wild lettuce. It grows in Mexico, Central America, Hispaniola, and the southern United States from Arizona to Florida, Virginia and the Carolinas.

Lactuca graminifolia is a biennial herb in the dandelion tribe within the daisy family growing from a taproot a height of up to 150 cm (5 feet). The top of the stem bears a multibranched inflorescence with many flower heads. Each head contains 15-20 blue or purple ray florets but no disc florets. The fruit is a brown achene.

Scientific classification

Clade: Core Eudicots/Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Species: Lactuca graminifolia

Samples

Sample nameSample codeTissueRNA extractorSample providerBLASTSRA dataAssembly data
MMJI-Lactuca_graminifolia-BMMJIyoung leavesBGIM. Chase
ZGDS-Lactuca_graminifolia-AZGDSyoung leavesI. Jordon-ThadenD. Soltis