Lactuca hirsuta, the hairy lettuce or downy lettuce, is a North American species of wild lettuce. It is widespread across much of central Canada and the eastern and central United States from Ontario, Québec, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia south as far as Texas, Louisiana, and Florida.Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
Lactuca hirsuta is an biennial herb in the dandelion tribe within the daisy family growing from a taproot a height of up to . The top of the stem bears a multibranched inflorescence with many flower heads. Each head contains 12–24 blue ray florets but no disc florets. The fruit is a brown achene.Flora of North America, Lactuca hirsuta Muhlenberg ex Nuttall, 1818.
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External links Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Missouri in 1992