prickly lettuce

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Noun1.prickly lettuce - European annual wild lettuce having prickly stemsprickly lettuce - European annual wild lettuce having prickly stems; a troublesome weed in parts of United States
horse thistle, Lactuca scariola, Lactuca serriola
compass flower, compass plant - any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass
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Bitter, pungent, and detoxifying, they include dandelion greens, purslane, ramps, sorrel, lamb's quarters, chickweed, chicory, shepherd's purse, escarole, fiddleheads, wild prickly lettuce, mache, nettles, frisee, sour grass, and onion grass.
Ayurveda in the Garden: There is no better time to synchronize with the rhythms of our cosmos than in late spring..
The plant most likely to be confused with common sowthisde is prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriold), which is also edible but more bitter.
5 delicious wild greens: give up the war on "weeds" and embrace the fortifying vegetables right outside your door
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