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On Feb 4, 2007, sladeofsky from Louisville, KY (Zone 6b) wrote:
Pull this weed early and use garden gloves. I remember the painful surprize I got the first time I grabbed hold of this weed. It is very spiny. It looks very similar to Lactuca Canadensis which is a native and spineless.
On Jan 3, 2005, melody from Benton, KY (Zone 7a) wrote:
Invasive and difficult to get rid of. The long taproots are almost impossible to dig up and the gazillions of seeds take wing and float into every corner of your garden.
Can live in the most adverse conditions and will remain here long after we are gone.
Livestock will not graze it, so it continues to pro-create with abandon.