Rough White Lettuce (Nabalus asper)

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Creamy white flowers provide nectar in late summer and attract bumblebees.

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Item #: NAASP

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Binomial Nabalus asper, Prenanthes aspera

Description

Also called "rough rattlesnake root" as it was used to treat snakebites at one time. Rough white lettuce is typically found growing on high quality prairies, though it also grows in glades, open rocky woods, savannas, and along roadsides. The sweetly fragrant flowers are pollinated by bumblebees.

Uses: Bees, historically medicinal, fragrant flowers

Bloom time: August - September

Height: 2 to 6 feet

Space: 1 to 2 feet

Sun: Full sun to light shade

Moisture: Dry to average

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