Taxon:
Lactuca tatarica (L.) C. A. Mey. subsp. pulchella (Pursh) Stebbins
Summary
Place of publication:
Madroño 5:123. 1939
Verified:
02/23/2009
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Beatley, J. C. 1976. Vascular plants of the Nevada test site and central-southern Nevada Note: = Lactuca oblongifolia Nutt.
- Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas Note: = Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC.
- Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora. Note: = Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC.
- Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 281.
- Davis, R. 1952. Flora of Idaho. Note: = Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC.
- Feráková, V. 1977. The genus Lactuca in Europe. 52-54.
- FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/ Note: = Mulgedium pulchellum (Pursh) G. Don
- Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2 Note: = Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC.
- Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
- Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955-1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. Note: = Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC.
- Hu, S.-Y. 1970. Compositae of China. 439.
- Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. Note: = Lactuca tatarica var. pulchella (Pursh.) Breitung
- Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2. Note: = Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC.
- Lebeda, A. et al. 2004. Geographical distribution of wild Lactuca species (Asteraceae, Lactuceae). Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 70:328-356
- McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1977. Atlas of the Flora of the Great Plains. Note: = Lactuca oblongifolia Nutt.
- McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. Note: = Lactuca oblongifolia Nutt.
- Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora.
- Peck, M. 1941. A manual of the higher plants of Oregon. Note: = Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC.
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
- Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
- Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually). URL: http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5090172
- St. John, H. 1963. Flora of southeastern Washington and adjacent Idaho, ed. 3. Note: = Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC.
Common names
English
blue lettuce – English (Canada)
blue lettuce – French (Canada)
laitue bleue –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Ontario | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Québec | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Illinois | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Iowa | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Kansas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Minnesota | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Missouri | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Nebraska | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | North Dakota | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Oklahoma | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | South Dakota | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Wisconsin | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Indiana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maine | Cumberland Co. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Michigan | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New York | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Ohio | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Pennsylvania | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Colorado | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Idaho | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Montana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Oregon | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Washington | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Wyoming | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | New Mexico | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Arizona | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Nevada | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Utah | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Subarctic America | Canada | Northwest Territories | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Subarctic America | United States | Alaska | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Alberta | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | British Columbia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Manitoba | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Saskatchewan | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Northern America
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SUBARCTIC AMERICA:
Canada [Northwest Territories], United States [Alaska]
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EASTERN CANADA:
Canada [Québec, Ontario]
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WESTERN CANADA:
Canada [Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia]
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NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Indiana, Maine (Cumberland Co.), Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania]
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
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NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Louisiana]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [New Mexico, Texas]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually). URL: http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5090172 |