Lactuca tatarica (L.) C.A.Mey., 1831 22% complete

Blue lettuce

Verz. Pfl. Casp. Meer.: 56 (1831)


Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Lactuca tatarica, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced4 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded11 Not on the record10 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) C.A.Mey. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Verz. Pfl. Casp. Meer.: 56 (1831) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1831 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Blue lettuce No source recorded
Source not recorded
Family common name Aster family No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations EC. Europe to Temp. Asia No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 68 cm
  • 67.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 251, 500, 818, 918
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color purple Sourced
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth habit Forb/herb No source recorded
Source not recorded
Maximum height empty
  • 65 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 251, 500, 818, 918
Not on the record
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration perennial Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity empty
  • 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Not on the record
Light empty Not on the record
Nitrogen fixation empty Not on the record
Soil nutriments empty
  • 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Not on the record
Soil salinity 3 / 9 · slightly saline (oligohaline)
  • 3 / 9 · slightly saline (oligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth empty Not on the record
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record