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