Question: ID help, please. I don't recall having planted this, but the number and location tell me I did, and did …
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ID help, please. I don't recall having planted this, but the number and location tell me I did, and did it early this year. It has sticky stems and milky sap in stems and leaves. I'm in California, but if I planted it, it could well be a wild New England plant — or from anywhere else. What is it?
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Dear giralua, good morning. You have photographed a species of composite (Asteraceae) that is in the tribe Lactuceae (lettuce tribe). These species possess capitula with all ray flowers (no disk flowers) and have milky latex when the plant is bruised. However, without a specimen, I would not be able to tell you any more than this. I'm sorry I can't help further.
