PILEWORT/AMERICAN BURNWEED (Erechtites hieraciifolius)
native, not good tasting, bitter, no latex, no flowers
http://www.friendsofthewildflowergarden.org/pages/plants/burnweed.html
"Erechitites megalocarpus (Fern.) Cronq. occurs in coastal brackish and salt marshes from MA to NJ, and should be looked for in the Mid-Atlantic region."
http://vaplantatlas.org/index.php?do=plant&plant=2058
somewhat similar but, on closer inspection, very different plants:
--Common Sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus)
non-native, sonchus means hollow stem, oleraceus means good tasting, pigs love it, exudes latex, has yellow flowers, dark green stems have five angles, plant leaves are said to be used as salad greens and cooked like spinach
http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/weeds/plants/cm_sowthistle.htm
--Wild Lettuce (Lactuca canadensis)
latex, yellow flowers
http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/wild_lettucex.htm
http://www.friendsofthewildflowergarden.org/pages/plants/wildlettuce.html
--Tall Blue Lettuce (Lactua biennis), somewhat similar to above, but flowers mostly bluish or creamish and leaves darker.
http://www.friendsofthewildflowergarden.org/pages/plants/burnweed.html
"Erechitites megalocarpus (Fern.) Cronq. occurs in coastal brackish and salt marshes from MA to NJ, and should be looked for in the Mid-Atlantic region."
http://vaplantatlas.org/index.php?do=plant&plant=2058
somewhat similar but, on closer inspection, very different plants:
--Common Sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus)
non-native, sonchus means hollow stem, oleraceus means good tasting, pigs love it, exudes latex, has yellow flowers, dark green stems have five angles, plant leaves are said to be used as salad greens and cooked like spinach
http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/weeds/plants/cm_sowthistle.htm
--Wild Lettuce (Lactuca canadensis)
latex, yellow flowers
http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/wild_lettucex.htm
http://www.friendsofthewildflowergarden.org/pages/plants/wildlettuce.html
--Tall Blue Lettuce (Lactua biennis), somewhat similar to above, but flowers mostly bluish or creamish and leaves darker.
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Pilewort/American Burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolius) 2016-9-24, Newark, DE
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Pilewort/American Burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolius) 2015-8-14 Newark, DE - habit of mature plant beginning to bud
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Pilewort/American Burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolius) 2015-8-13 Newark, DE - looking down into plant
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Pilewort/American Burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolius) 2015-8-13 Newark, DE - new buds are small, round buttons or cylindrical
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Pilewort/American Burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolius) 2015-9-26 Newark, DE - leaves going up the plant (left, leaf from bottom; right, leaf from top)
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Pilewort/American Burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolius) 2015-8-14 Newark, DE - stem (may show varying amount of purple), some leaves have auricles (lobes/ears) at point of attachment
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Pilewort/American Burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolius) 2015-9-26 Newark, DE - the underside of the leaf is a little bit hairy, but not particularly so
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Pilewort/American Burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolius) 2015-8-21 Newark, DE - this is the extent of the flowering of each blossom
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Pilewort/American Burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolius) 2015-8-21 Newark, DE - buds may be green, purple, or a combination
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Pilewort/American Burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolius) 2015-8-21 Newark, DE - this plant has mostly purple buds
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Pilewort/American Burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolius) 2015-9-27 Newark, DE - this flower is fertilized and the base is getting the familiar urn shape, bulging at the bottom, from the growing/swelling seeds
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Pilewort/American Burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolius) 2015-9-27 Newark, DE - seed heads in various stages
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Pilewort/American Burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolius) 2015-9-26 Newark, DE - the seed (achene)
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Pilewort, not Sow Thistle - 2011-9-2 D&M MD
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