Nodding Rattlesnake-root (Great White Lettuce) (Prenanthes crepidinea)

Picture of Great White Lettuce

Synonym:

Status: endangered in Wisconsin

Habitat Description: low prairies, moist woodlands, and openings in second-growth Southern Mesic Forests

Habitat Classification
WI NHI: Wet-Mesic Prairie
Curtis: Wet-Mesic Prairie
Kotar:
Forest Cover:

Range: Crawford, Green, and Sauk

Comments: One known site

Phenology: flowers in August and September across its US range

Field Guides:
Britton and Brown, p.3:519/p.3:519
Gleason 1963, p.755
Gleason 1991, p.617

Last Revised: June 12, 2006