Lactuca tatarica

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Devendra Bhardwaj

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Jun 2, 2026, 5:55:12 AMJun 2

to Efloraofindia, J.M. Garg

Family: Asteraceae

Name: Blue Lettuce

Species: Lactuca tatarica

Date: August 2, 2018

Place: Leh, Ladakh 194101

Note: The species name tataricum means, from the Tatar Mountains in Russia. Blue Lettuce is found in SW Asia, Russia, Mongolia, China and E. Europe. In India it is found on riverbanks and terraces, by lakes, meadows, by fields, consolidated sand dunes, gravelly places in the Himalayas, in Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh, at altitudes of 1200-4300 m. Flowering: June-September.