Index / Search / Lactuca ludoviciana
§1 Plant
Lactuca ludoviciana (Nutt.) Riddell
vernacular biannual lettuce — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Biennial, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Lactuca
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 308 counties across 20 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 308 counties across 20 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 82 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Decatur 20039
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Gray 20069
- Greenwood 20073
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jewell 20089
- Johnson 20091
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Morton 20129
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Ness 20135
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberville 22047
- Jefferson 22051
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- Winn 22127
Minnesota view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Becker 27005
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Carver 27019
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Clay 27027
- Cook 27031
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lyon 27083
- Martin 27091
- Murray 27101
- Nobles 27105
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Rock 27133
- St. Louis 27137
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Cass 31025
- Cherry 31031
- Clay 31035
- Custer 31041
- Douglas 31055
- Franklin 31061
- Hall 31079
- Holt 31089
- Hooker 31091
- Jefferson 31095
- Kearney 31099
- Lancaster 31109
- Loup 31115
- McPherson 31117
- Nemaha 31127
- Nuckolls 31129
- Otoe 31131
- Phelps 31137
- Richardson 31147
- Rock 31149
- Seward 31159
- Thomas 31171
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
New Mexico view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Dickey 38021
- Foster 38031
- Grant 38037
- Kidder 38043
- McHenry 38049
- McLean 38055
- Mountrail 38061
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Sargent 38081
- Sioux 38085
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Traill 38097
- Ward 38101
- Williams 38105
Oklahoma view state ↗ 9 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Bastrop 48021
- Bell 48027
- Brazoria 48039
- Burnet 48053
- Cameron 48061
- Comanche 48093
- Coryell 48099
- Dallas 48113
- Ellis 48139
- Gray 48179
- Hays 48209
- Karnes 48255
- Kerr 48265
- Llano 48299
- McLennan 48309
- Parker 48367
- Robertson 48395
- Sabine 48403
- Taylor 48441
- Travis 48453
- Walker 48471
- Washington 48477
- Wheeler 48483
- Wood 48499
Wisconsin view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Bayfield 55007
- Chippewa 55017
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Grant 55043
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Jefferson 55055
- Lincoln 55069
- Marquette 55077
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sheboygan 55117
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LALU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3140324 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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