Blue Lettuce vs Prickly lettuce

Lactuca tatarica compared with Lactuca serriola

Key Differences

• Blue Lettuce is Not Evaluated while Prickly lettuce is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue Lettuce	Prickly lettuce
Kingdom same	Plantae (พืช)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)
Order same	Asterales (อันดับทานตะวัน)	Asterales (อันดับทานตะวัน)
Family same	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus same	Lactuca	Lactuca
Species	Lactuca tatarica	Lactuca serriola

Evolutionary Relationship

Blue Lettuce and Prickly lettuce share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Lactuca.

Conservation Status

Blue Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Prickly lettuce

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue Lettuce	Prickly lettuce
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).

Prickly lettuce

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (China, Japan, Taiwan), Europe (22 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 20 countries:

🇧🇾 Belarus 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇫🇮 Finland 🇫🇷 France 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇯🇵 Japan 🇱🇻 Latvia 🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇱 Poland 🇷🇺 Russia 🇸🇰 Slovakia 🇪🇸 Spain 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇺🇦 Ukraine 🇬🇧 United Kingdom