Index / Search / Lactuca biennis
§1 Plant
Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fernald
vernacular tall blue lettuce — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual, Biennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Lactuca
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 527 counties across 33 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 527 counties across 33 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Blackford 18009
- Boone 18011
- Brown 18013
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- DeKalb 18033
- Elkhart 18039
- Fayette 18041
- Floyd 18043
- Grant 18053
- Harrison 18061
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Lagrange 18087
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marshall 18099
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Noble 18113
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Pike 18125
- Porter 18127
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- Ripley 18137
- Scott 18143
- Steuben 18151
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Arenac 26011
- Baraga 26013
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Dickinson 26043
- Emmet 26047
- Genesee 26049
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Iron 26071
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kalkaska 26079
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Marquette 26103
- Menominee 26109
- Midland 26111
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Oceana 26127
- Ogemaw 26129
- Ontonagon 26131
- Oscoda 26135
- Otsego 26137
- Saginaw 26145
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Beltrami 27007
- Blue Earth 27013
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Jackson 27063
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Lincoln 27081
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Norman 27107
- Pine 27115
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Red Lake 27125
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Swift 27151
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
Missouri view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Columbia 36021
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Genesee 36037
- Hamilton 36041
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
North Carolina view state ↗ 22 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Allen 39003
- Athens 39009
- Belmont 39013
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Crawford 39033
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Hancock 39063
- Harrison 39067
- Hocking 39073
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lawrence 39087
- Mahoning 39099
- Marion 39101
- Medina 39103
- Meigs 39105
- Monroe 39111
- Morgan 39115
- Muskingum 39119
- Noble 39121
- Ottawa 39123
- Perry 39127
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Scioto 39145
- Seneca 39147
- Shelby 39149
- Summit 39153
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Vinton 39163
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Dickenson 51051
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Loudoun 51107
- Madison 51113
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Smyth 51173
- Warren 51187
West Virginia view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Brooke 54009
- Calhoun 54013
- Doddridge 54017
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Hancock 54029
- Jackson 54035
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Marion 54049
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Morgan 54065
- Ohio 54069
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Ritchie 54085
- Upshur 54097
- Webster 54101
- Wetzel 54103
- Wood 54107
Wisconsin view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 5 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LABI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3140515 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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