(Natural News) Foraging is an important survival skill, especially if you spend a lot of time outdoors and rely on foraging to get more food for your supplies. When foraging, you also need to distinguish similar-looking plants from each other to avoid poisoning yourself by harvesting the wrong plant.
When foraging for wild lettuce, watch out for lookalikes such as prickly lettuce or stinging nettle. (h/t to TheHomesteadingHippy.com )
Wild lettuce (Lactuca virosa) is a plant that’s technically a weed.