Lactuca pulchella

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Lactuca pulchella, known as blue lettuce, common blue lettuce, or wild blue lettuce, is a North American flowering plant in the sunflower family, Asteraceae.{{r|powo}} Some authors place it as a subspecies or variety of a broader concept of Lactuca tatarica, while others consider L. tatarica to occur only in Europe and Asia.{{r|powo|powo228306-1}} Lactuca pulchella (with L. tatarica and others) is commonly separated into the genus Mulgedium, as Mulgedium pulchellum.{{r|fna|vascan}}

Uses

Among the Zuni people of New Mexico in the southwestern United States, the dried root gum of Lactuca pulchella has been used as chewing gum.{{r|stevenson1915}}

References

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{{eFloras|1|121301|volume=19, 20 and 21|Mulgedium pulchellum |author=John L. Strother |access-date=10 January 2021}}

{{cite web |title=Lactuca pulchella DC. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:228194-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=10 January 2021}}

{{cite web |title=Lactuca tatarica (L.) C.A.Mey. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:228306-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=10 January 2021}}

{{cite book |author=Stevenson, Matilda Coxe |year=1915 |title=Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians |publisher=SI-BAE Annual Report #30 |page=68}}

{{cite web |author=Brouillet L. et al. 2010+ |title=Mulgedium pulchellum (Pursh) G. Don |url=https://data.canadensys.net/vascan/taxon/3308 |website=data.canadensys.net |publisher=Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN) |access-date=10 January 2021}}

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pulchella

Category:Flora of Northern America