Prickly Lettuce at Watson, ACT
Identification history
| Lactuca serriola f. serriola | 6 Apr 2021 | michaelb | ||
| Lactuca serriola f. serriola | 6 Apr 2021 | waltraud |
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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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michaelb
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6 Apr 2021
Image editor used to rotate photos into an upright position. Just click on icon on lower left of of each photo.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.169264-35.225174
- Maps Mount Majura The Fair, Watson
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 5 Apr 2021 04:52 PM Recorded on
- waltraud Recorded by
Additional information
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
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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In flower
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