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Taxon: Lactuca tatarica (L.) C. A. Mey. subsp. pulchella (Pursh) Stebbins

Genus: Lactuca section: Mulgedium
Family: Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) subfamily: Cichorioideae tribe: Cichorieae subtribe: Lactucinae.
Nomen number: 104386
Place of publication: Madroño 5:123. 1939
Name verified on: 23-Feb-2009 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 09-May-2011
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions. or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


SPECIES RESTRICTED AS A STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
AK(as Lactuca pulchella)*°, CO°, CO(as Lactuca pulchella)°, HI(as Lactuca pulchella)°, ID°, ID(as Lactuca pulchella)°, WA°, WY°.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

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Common names:

  • blue lettuce   (Source: Glea Cron ed2 [as L. pulchella]) – English
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Economic importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental   (fide F CalifJep)
  • Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of lettuce   (fide Amer J Bot 85:1528. 1998)
  • Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide State Noxweed Seed)
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Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
    Subarctic America: Canada - Northwest Territory; United States - Alaska
    Eastern Canada: Canada - Ontario, Quebec
    Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
    Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Indiana, Maine, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania
    North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin
    Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
    Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Louisiana
    South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
    Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah

      Cultivated:
  • also cultivated

References:

  • Beatley, J. C. 1976. Vascular plants of the Nevada test site and central-southern Nevada. [= L. oblongifolia Nutt.].
  • Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. [= L. pulchella (Pursh) DC.].
  • Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. [= L. pulchella (Pursh) DC.].
  • Davis, R. 1952. Flora of Idaho. [= L. pulchella (Pursh) DC.].
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. [= Mulgedium pulchellum (Pursh) G. Don].
  • Feráková, V. 1977. The genus Lactuca in Europe. 52–54.
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. [= L. 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. [= L. pulchella (Pursh) DC.].
  • Hu, S.-Y. 1970. Compositae of China. 439.
  • John, H. St. 1963. Flora of southeastern Washington and adjacent Idaho, ed. 3. [= L. pulchella (Pursh) DC.].
  • Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. [= L. tatarica var. pulchella (Pursh.) Breitung].
  • Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2. [= L. 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. [= L. oblongifolia Nutt.].
  • McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. [= L. oblongifolia Nutt.].
  • Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora.
  • Peck, M. 1941. A manual of the higher plants of Oregon. [= L. pulchella (Pursh) DC.].
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  • Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
  • Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act.

Synonyms:


Check other web resources for Lactuca tatarica (L.) C. A. Mey. subsp. pulchella (Pursh) Stebbins:

  • Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Images:

  • Fruits: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
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  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?104386 (25 May 2013)

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