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§1 Plant
Lactuca tatarica (L.) C.A. Mey.
vernacular blue lettuce — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Biennial, Perennial
- 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
§2b
County-level range
· 318 counties across 17 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 318 counties across 17 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Atchison 20005
- Barton 20009
- Brown 20013
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Decatur 20039
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Hamilton 20075
- Jackson 20085
- Kearny 20093
- Logan 20109
- Marshall 20117
- Mitchell 20123
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Rawlins 20153
- Republic 20157
- Rooks 20163
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Thomas 20193
- Washington 20201
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Carlton 27017
- Carver 27019
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Dodge 27039
- Douglas 27041
- Grant 27051
- Hennepin 27053
- Hubbard 27057
- Itasca 27061
- Kittson 27069
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- Martin 27091
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Mower 27099
- Murray 27101
- Nicollet 27103
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Red Lake 27125
- Roseau 27135
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Stevens 27149
- Traverse 27155
- Wabasha 27157
- Waseca 27161
- Wilkin 27167
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Missouri view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Daniels 30019
- Dawson 30021
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Golden Valley 30037
- Granite 30039
- Jefferson 30043
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Madison 30057
- McCone 30055
- Meagher 30059
- Missoula 30063
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Powder River 30075
- Powell 30077
- Prairie 30079
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Rosebud 30087
- Sheridan 30091
- Silver Bow 30093
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Treasure 30103
- Valley 30105
- Wheatland 30107
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Adams 31001
- Antelope 31003
- Arthur 31005
- Banner 31007
- Boone 31011
- Box Butte 31013
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Burt 31021
- Cass 31025
- Cedar 31027
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Clay 31035
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Douglas 31055
- Dundy 31057
- Furnas 31065
- Garden 31069
- Garfield 31071
- Greeley 31077
- Hall 31079
- Harlan 31083
- Hayes 31085
- Holt 31089
- Kearney 31099
- Knox 31107
- Lancaster 31109
- Logan 31113
- McPherson 31117
- Morrill 31123
- Nemaha 31127
- Phelps 31137
- Red Willow 31145
- Richardson 31147
- Sarpy 31153
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sheridan 31161
- Sherman 31163
- Sioux 31165
- Stanton 31167
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
New Mexico view state ↗ 15 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 2 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Emmons 38029
- Foster 38031
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Hettinger 38041
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McHenry 38049
- McIntosh 38051
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Renville 38075
- Richland 38077
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Traill 38097
- Walsh 38099
- Ward 38101
- Wells 38103
- Williams 38105
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Aurora 46003
- Beadle 46005
- Bon Homme 46009
- Brookings 46011
- Brule 46015
- Buffalo 46017
- Butte 46019
- Campbell 46021
- Charles Mix 46023
- Clark 46025
- Clay 46027
- Codington 46029
- Corson 46031
- Custer 46033
- Day 46037
- Dewey 46041
- Fall River 46047
- Faulk 46049
- Grant 46051
- Gregory 46053
- Hanson 46061
- Harding 46063
- Hughes 46065
- Hutchinson 46067
- Hyde 46069
- Jackson 46071
- Jerauld 46073
- Jones 46075
- Kingsbury 46077
- Lake 46079
- Lawrence 46081
- Lincoln 46083
- Lyman 46085
- Marshall 46091
- McPherson 46089
- Minnehaha 46099
- Pennington 46103
- Perkins 46105
- Potter 46107
- Roberts 46109
- Spink 46115
- Stanley 46117
- Sully 46119
- Todd 46121
- Tripp 46123
- Turner 46125
- Union 46127
- Walworth 46129
- Yankton 46135
- Ziebach 46137
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LATA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/9123250 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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