Lactuca tatarica
Lactuca tatarica, the blue lettuce, is a Eurasian and North American species of plants in the dandelion tribe within the daisy family. It is widespread across much of Europe, Asia, and North America.[2][3][4]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Cichorieae |
| Genus: | Lactuca |
| Species: | L. tatarica |
| Binomial name | |
| Lactuca tatarica (L.) C.A.Mey. 1831 | |
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Synonymy
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Lactuca tatarica is an herb up to 60 cm (2 feet) tall, with a large taproot. Most of the leaves are near the base of the plant, larger than leaves farther up. Each flower head has about 20 blue or purple (rarely white) ray flowers but no disc flowers.[3]
Uses
Among the Zuni people of New Mexico in the southwestern United States, the dried root gum of L. tatarica var. pulchella has been used as chewing gum.[5]
References
- The Plant List, Lactuca tatarica (L.) C.A.Mey.
- Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
- Flora of China, Lactuca tatarica (Linnaeus) C. A. Meyer, 1831. 乳苣 ru ju
- Flora of North America, Mulgedium pulchellum (Pursh) G. Don 1839.
- Stevenson, Matilda Coxe (1915). Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30. p. 68.
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