Wild lettuce (Lactuca canadensis) Plants

Wild lettuce is an edible green for early season salads and cooked greens. Tall smooth blue-green stalks and leaves are tender without bitterness. A dramatic native biennial or short lived perennial for the edible garden. 

Native to Maine: Yes

Growing conditions: Part shade in medium soil

Grows up to: 5-7'

Blooms: In mid-summer, typically in July

Pairs well with: Flowering raspberry, three-lobed coneflower, nodding onion, heart-leaved Alexanders, and virgin's-bower clematis

Natural habitat: Woodland openings, edges, and roadsides with moderately moist soils