I'm explaining the wild lettuce survival design

Not all wild lettuce you see looking like it's outgrown is. That borders you see at the edge which they call sawtooth edges are an actual enhanced defense part of the leaves. The leaf spikes are even more useful for the defense. A bite might from that is not something the animals will like. Don't forget that in as much as the plants are food to the herbivores, the plants are also living things trying to survive so they'll not make it that simple for predators and threats.

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The shape of the leaf is very advantageous to the lettuce. Leaf angles help plants in controlling their body temperature. Flat and smooth surfaces are out of the question, especially in the dry seasons, if you're in a four season zone, the summertime. Shape is also necessary to control the rainwater. When the plants have spiked and angled leaf surfaces, the moisture or water is going to move and slide off the leaves. The moisture that remains is a rot waiting to happen, so the plant's leaf design is good with solving that problem.

This is what I think is overlooked in the everyday nature observations people have. Some farmers notice this and appreciate it though.

Nature is the best artist we know. It designed Wild lettuce to solve its own problems, the heat, predators and water. All handled well thanks to that fantastic squirrell looking geometrical design it has. Most things in nature that appear complicated and weird are actually simple and very effective. The lettuce looks the way it does because it needs to survive.

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