Calflora Taxon Report
Lactuca tatarica  (L.) C. A. Mey.  var. pulchella  Breitung

(not an active name)
Blue lettuce
Lactuca tatarica var. pulchella is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.
also called Lactuca tatarica ssp. pulchella
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
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Parent: Lactuca tatarica
Genus: Lactuca
Family: Asteraceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands

Communities: Sagebrush Scrub, Northern Juniper Woodland, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS
Alternate Names:
PLANTSLactuca oblongifolia
PLANTSLactuca pulchella
PLANTSLactuca tatarica ssp. pulchella
PLANTSLactuca tatarica var. heterophylla
PLANTSMulgedium pulchellum
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Information about Lactuca tatarica var. pulchella from other sources
Nursery availability from CNPLX
Commercial availability unknown.

USDA PLANTS Profile (LATAP)

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