Family:
Asteraceae
Common Name(s):
Lion's foot, White lettuce, Rattlesnake-root
Flowering Time:
June
Fruit/Seed Maturation Sign:
Pappus expands
Seed Cleaning:
None required
Storage:
Dry
Restoration Potential:
moderate
Notes
Seedlings transplanted into the field had 53% survival after 7 years (Mottl et al. 2006), suggesting that transplanting could be a successful method of re-introduction.
Has moderate seed output and a tuberous root with no vegetative spread (Fernald 1950, Barkely 1986, Gleason and Cronquist 1991).
