Blue Lettuce vs Globe Thistle

Lactuca tatarica compared with Echinops ritro

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue Lettuce	Globe Thistle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Tenrecidae
Genus	Lactuca	Echinops
Species	Lactuca tatarica	Echinops ritro

Conservation Status

Blue Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Globe Thistle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue Lettuce	Globe Thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blue Lettuce

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Asia (Japan) and Europe (21 countries).

Globe Thistle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Estonia, Russia, and United States.

Blue Lettuce

The Blue Lettuce (Lactuca tatarica) is a species in the genus Lactuca. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.