Blue Lettuce


Blue Lettuce

So many plants called Lettuce. Tall and most often with little yellow flowers. I was very surprised a couple days ago to find something similar looking but without the usual lobed leaves and BLUE flowers! Yesterday I pulled down one of these tall plants, so that I could actually see the flower and was struck by how similar it is to the Chicory (Cichorium intybus) flower. This 7 footer though, is a Blue Lettuce (Lactuca floridana var. villosa). ISO 400, f/5, 1/200, 50mm, Canon 60D.