Louisville, KY (Zone 6b) | February 2007 | negative
Pull this weed early and use garden gloves. I remember the painful surprize I got the first time I grabbed hold of this weed. It is ver...Read Morey spiny. It looks very similar to Lactuca Canadensis which is a native and spineless.
Invasive and difficult to get rid of. The long taproots are almost impossible to dig up and the gazillions of seeds take wing and float i...Read Morento every corner of your garden.
Can live in the most adverse conditions and will remain here long after we are gone.
Livestock will not graze it, so it continues to pro-create with abandon.
Pull this weed early and use garden gloves. I remember the painful surprize I got the first time I grabbed hold of this weed. It is ver...Read More
Lactuca serriola is naturalized in Texas and other States.
This is a weed here in CA and the roots are very very hard to get rid of! They always re-sprout! NEVER grow this, it is a WEED!
Invasive and difficult to get rid of. The long taproots are almost impossible to dig up and the gazillions of seeds take wing and float i...Read More
This plant is considered to be invasive in some states.