Blue Lettuce

Blue Lettuce, Perennial Blue Lettuce

Lactuca tatarica (L.) C.A. Mey. var. pulchella (Pursh) Breitung

Asteraceae (Aster Family)

▲ inflorescence

▲ flowering stem leaves

▲ basal stem leaves

▲ flowers

Perennial blue lettuce:

• perennial with creeping roots, growing 12-36" tall can spread to form large colonies in just a couple of years
• more common north of here, but can be found in most of Midwest
• lower leaves somewhat toothed to just slightly lobed
• stem leaves thin, linear
• flowers sky-blue, like chicory, but smaller

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