Index / Search / Lactuca saligna
§1 Plant
Lactuca saligna L.
vernacular willowleaf lettuce — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual, Biennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Lactuca
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 374 counties across 24 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 374 counties across 24 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 8 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 70 I ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Brown 17009
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 38 I ▾
- Blackford 18009
- Boone 18011
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Dearborn 18029
- Decatur 18031
- Elkhart 18039
- Fayette 18041
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Grant 18053
- Greene 18055
- Hamilton 18057
- Hancock 18059
- Hendricks 18063
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Jackson 18071
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Monroe 18105
- Parke 18121
- Posey 18129
- Randolph 18135
- Rush 18139
- Scott 18143
- Switzerland 18155
- Union 18161
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 28 I ▾
- Anderson 20003
- Bourbon 20011
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Clay 20027
- Coffey 20031
- Crawford 20037
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Franklin 20059
- Greenwood 20073
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Johnson 20091
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Saline 20169
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 21 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 53 I ▾
- Adair 29001
- Barry 29009
- Benton 29015
- Buchanan 29021
- Callaway 29027
- Carroll 29033
- Cass 29037
- Christian 29043
- Clay 29047
- Dallas 29059
- Daviess 29061
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Greene 29077
- Jackson 29095
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Reynolds 29179
- Saline 29195
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 3 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 36 I ▾
- Ashland 39005
- Athens 39009
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Clermont 39025
- Clinton 39027
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Greene 39057
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Harrison 39067
- Henry 39069
- Highland 39071
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Lawrence 39087
- Medina 39103
- Meigs 39105
- Mercer 39107
- Miami 39109
- Monroe 39111
- Morgan 39115
- Morrow 39117
- Muskingum 39119
- Noble 39121
- Ottawa 39123
- Pickaway 39129
- Union 39159
- Vinton 39163
Oklahoma view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 27 I ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Juniata 42067
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Montour 42093
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Venango 42121
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 18 I ▾
Texas view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 25 I ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amherst 51009
- Augusta 51015
- Botetourt 51023
- Buchanan 51027
- Clarke 51043
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Frederick 51069
- Grayson 51077
- Henrico 51087
- Loudoun 51107
- Montgomery 51121
- Orange 51137
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 26 I ▾
- Braxton 54007
- Calhoun 54013
- Fayette 54019
- Gilmer 54021
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hardy 54031
- Jackson 54035
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Mason 54053
- McDowell 54047
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Putnam 54079
- Raleigh 54081
- Ritchie 54085
- Roane 54087
- Summers 54089
- Tyler 54095
- Webster 54101
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LASA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3140467 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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