Lactuca tatarica C.A.Mey.

Blue lettuce (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Lactuca

Characteristics

Herbs 15-60 cm tall, perennial, with a taproot, roots shoot bearing. Stem erect; branched apically, glabrous, leafy mainly in basal part. Leaves grayish green to glaucous, rigid, glabrous. Lower and middle stem leaves elliptic, narrowly elliptic, or linear, 6-19 × 2-6 cm, narrowed toward base, pinnatisect, pinnatifid, or coarsely dentate, apex acute to obtuse; lateral lobes 2-5 pairs, subelliptic to triangular, margin entire, denticulate, or spinulose; terminal lobe lanceolate to narrowly triangular, margin entire, denticulate, or spinulose. Upper stem leaves similar to middle stem leaves but smaller and less incised. Synflorescence racemiform to corymbosely paniculiform, almost leafless, usually with numerous capitula. Capitula with ca. 20 florets. Involucre cylindric, 1.1-1.4 × 0.3-0.5 cm at anthesis, to 2 cm in fruit. Phyllaries usually tinged purplish red, glabrous, apex acute to obtuse; outer phyllaries ovate to lanceolate; inner phyllaries ca. 8. Florets usually purplish blue to blue, rarely white. Achene 5-6 mm; body dark gray, columnar to very narrowly ellipsoid, subcompressed, with 5-7 ribs on either side, apically attenuate or contracted into a concolorous or pale stout 1-2 mm beak. Pappus ca. 1 cm. Fl. and fr. Jun-Sep. 2n = 18.
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A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 1.0
Root system rhizome tap-root
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Root diameter (meter) 0.3
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AprMayJun
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in wetlands. In the Himalayas it grows between 3,000-4,500 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

The leaves are used as a vegetable.
Uses environmental use gene source medicinal
Edible leaves
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Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Images

Leaf

Lactuca tatarica leaf picture by Fedan Hacizade (cc-by-sa)
Lactuca tatarica leaf picture by grutz (cc-by-sa)
Lactuca tatarica leaf picture by Dorothee Rugevics (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Lactuca tatarica flower picture by Fedan Hacizade (cc-by-sa)
Lactuca tatarica flower picture by Fedan Hacizade (cc-by-sa)
Lactuca tatarica flower picture by grutz (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Lactuca tatarica fruit picture by Fedan Hacizade (cc-by-sa)
Lactuca tatarica fruit picture by Contented88 (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Lactuca tatarica world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, China, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Georgia, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova (Republic of), Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Sweden, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America, Uzbekistan, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:228306-1
WFO ID wfo-0000038158
COL ID 6NSGF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Wiestia tatarica Cicerbita tatarica Sonchus lactucoides Agathyrsus tataricus Mulgedium runcinatum Lagedium tataricum Sonchus tataricus Lactuca multipes Crepis charbonnelii Mulgedium roborovskii Mulgedium aurora Mulgedium tataricum Lactuca clarkei Mulgedium sonchifolium Mulgedium alatoicum Lactuca tatarica f. tatarica Sonchus sibiricus Lactuca tatarica subsp. tatarica Lactuca pulchella var. pulchella Mulgedium tataricum var. typicum Mulgedium tataricum var. floccosum Mulgedium tataricum var. anomalum Lactuca tatarica var. tatarica Mulgedium tataricum var. integrum Mulgedium tataricum var. subfloccosum Lactuca tatarica var. tibetica Mulgedium tataricum var. tataricum Mulgedium tataricum f. albiflorum Sonchus volhynicus Mulgedium tataricum var. polyphyllum Lactuca tatarica var. integra Lactuca tatarica