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RE: Steemit Iron Chef 2018 Act 01 Round 04 : Wilted Wild Lettuce
Does the wild lettuce really excrete a white sticky substance when its leaves are ripped? I heard this is medicinal and i bought some seeds but they got lost in the mail :(
Yes, it does. This early in the spring, the white sap isn't so strong as later in the spring. It comes more from the stem of the leaf, right now. Later in the year, the sap will come out even from a rip in the leaf. And some species of wild lettuce have more potent sap than others. The Prickly Wild Lettuce (Lactuca serriola) is not the strongest sap, so the plants are edible for a longer time.