Asteraceae
Blue lettuce
Lactuca tatarica
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Lactuca
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Common names
By language (19)
- Bulgarian
- Татарска салата
- Chinese
- 乳苣, 紫花山莴苣, 苦菜, 蒙山莴苣, 槭叶草, 苦芺
- Czech
- Locika tatarská
- Dutch
- Strandsla
- English
- Blue lettuce
- Estonian
- Tatari piimikas
- Finnish
- Tataarisinivalvatti
- German
- Tataren-Lattich
- Kazakh
- Балпанақ
- kbd
- Банэшэ
- Latvian
- Tatārijas salāts
- os
- Хоры сындз
- Persian
- کاهوی تاتاریسا
- Polish
- Sałata tatarska
- Romanian
- Lăptucă
- Russian
- Латук татарский, Молокан татарский
- Swedish
- Sandsallat, Användare:Bk1 168/Sandsallat
- Ukrainian
- Латук татарський
- Welsh
- Letusen las
Synonyms
- Agathyrsus tataricus (L.) D.Don
- Agathyrsus tataricus (L.) Sweet
- Cicerbita tatarica (L.) Sosn.
- Crepis charbonnelii H.Lév.
- Lactuca clarkei Hook.f.
- Lactuca kochiana Beauverd
- Lactuca multipes H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Lactuca pulchella var. pulchella
- Lactuca salicifolia (K.Koch) Grossh.
- Lactuca sylvatica A.Nelson
- Lactuca tatarica f. tatarica
- Lactuca tatarica subsp. tatarica
- Lactuca tatarica var. heterophylla (Nutt.) B.Boivin
- Lactuca tatarica var. integra (Regel) V.Ferakova
- Lactuca tatarica var. pulchella (Pursh) Breitung
- Lactuca tatarica var. tatarica
- Lactuca tatarica var. tibetica Hook.f.
- Lagedium tataricum (L.) Soják
- Mulgedium alatoicum C.H.An
- Mulgedium heterophyllum Nutt.
- Mulgedium pulchellum (Pursh) Nutt.
- Mulgedium roborovskii Tzvelev
- Mulgedium runcinatum Cass.
- Mulgedium salicifolium K.Koch
- Mulgedium tataricum (L.) DC.
- Mulgedium tataricum f. albiflorum Q.Zhu
- Mulgedium tataricum var. anomalum Korsh.
- Mulgedium tataricum var. floccosum Regel
- Mulgedium tataricum var. integrum Regel
- Mulgedium tataricum var. subfloccosum Regel
- Mulgedium tataricum var. tataricum
- Mulgedium tataricum var. typicum Regel
- Sonchus lactucoides Bunge
- Sonchus sibiricus Richardson
- Sonchus tataricus L.
- Sonchus volhynicus Besser ex Nyman
- Wiestia tatarica (L.) Sch.Bip.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to August (from 575 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Zinogre, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Älven, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Marko Vainu, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hanna Larsson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 12:47, 6 September 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Evlashina Alena, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: KAnatoliy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 12:47, 6 September 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Btn_Igor, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Борис Георги, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: OldMuzzle, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.