Lactuca serriola f. serriola
Prickly Lettuce at Watson, ACT
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| Lactuca serriola f. serriola | MichaelBedingfield | 6 Apr 2021 | |
| Lactuca serriola f. serriola | waltraud | 6 Apr 2021 |
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User's notes
I removed over 40 specimens from this site at the Valour park entrance and from a site north of the nature reserve (there are more plants but they have already released all seeds).
The species grows in Valour park each year and releases seeds which are transported quite a distance into the nature reserve given the prevailing northwesterly winds, the height of some specimens close to 2m and the pappus attached to the seed which acts as a parachute.
See also my comment at https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4378048
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6 Apr 2021
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.169264-35.225174
- Maps The Fair, Watson
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 5 Apr 2021 04:52 PM Recorded on
- waltraud Recorded by
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
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Species information
- Lactuca serriola f. serriola Scientific name
- Prickly Lettuce Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 653.93m Recorded at altitude
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Was the plant in flower?
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