Lactuca tatarica
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Lactuca tatarica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Lactuca |
Species: | L. tatarica |
Binomial name | |
Lactuca tatarica C.A.Mey. | |
Lactuca tatarica (common name blue lettuce), is a plant.
Uses
Among the Zuni people, the dried root gum of L. tatarica var. pulchella has been used as chewing gum.[1]
References
- ↑ Stevenson, Matilda Coxe (1915). Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30. p. 68.
External links
- Data related to Lactuca tatarica at Wikispecies
- Media related to Lactuca tatarica at Wikimedia Commons
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