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wild lettuce

wild lettuce

Can grow to 10 ft (3m), leaves deeply lobed, occasionally toothed. Small yellow flowers, only 1/4” (1cm)
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It turns out Enid Blyton's Peter Rabbit really would have fallen asleep in the lettuce patch because wild lettuce contains chemicals that are a sleep enhancer.
Poetry in motion; In the hustle and bustle of 21st century Britain, there's a yearning for simpler times and more relaxed living. JEANETTE OLDHAM turns back the clock and heads for North Devon
The names and amazing, medicinal properties of dandelion, Queen Anne's lace, mullein, wild lettuce, wintercress, yarrow, angelica, cattails and more, were all laid out before my eyes.
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