How to grow Prickly Lettuce

Lactuca serriola

Full Sun
OR
Partial Sun

This is a weed throughout temperate regions. It can hwoever be harvested and eaten, although it is somewhat bitter.

How long does Prickly Lettuce take to grow?

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Prickly Lettuce Folklore & Trivia

The closest wild relative of cultivated lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.), it grows throughout the temperate regions of all major continents.
It is also known as the compass plant, as in the sun the upper leaves twist round to hold their margins upright

Other names for Prickly Lettuce

milk thistle

Lactuca serriola L.

Footnotes

¹ wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactuca_serriola